The 2024 China Open Squash tournament will kick off at the SPD Bank Oriental Sports Center Crescent Lagoon in Shanghai from Oct 30 to Nov 3, event organizers announced.

This marks the return of the Professional Squash Association (PSA) Silver-level tournament to Shanghai since 2019. Ticket sales began at 12 pm on Tuesday on the "Juss Sports" app.

Co-organized by the Multi-ball Games Administrative Center of the General Administration of Sport and Shanghai Juss Sports Development (Group) Co Ltd, the event is expected to draw 48 professional athletes from different countries and regions worldwide.

The five-day event will feature 46 competitions and employ a single elimination system, with a total prize money of $142,500. Three Chinese players will compete at this year's China Open Squash, including the sixth-seeded player Tomato Ho from Hong Kong and two wild-card players from the Chinese mainland, Zhou Penglin and Liu Ziyi.