Irish women’s No.2 Breanne Flynn returns to the courts this week following a recent training block after a hectic start to her 2025/26 season that took in tournaments in Australia, France, Ireland and the USA.
Looking to eclipse the PSA No.104 career best ranking set in October 2022, Flynn has travelled to the PSA Challenger 12 Pierre & Vacance listed as the current No.119.
She will open her campaign in the 24-player, 12K with a first-round match on Tuesday afternoon against Francesca Whyte, the No.286 from England.
Awaiting the winner is Hayley Ward, the tournament’s No.4 seed. The South African is listed at No.72 on the PSA list.
That is just one place behind Irish No.1 Hannah Craig, who remained at No.71 following her opening round exit at the Canadian Open, a silver status, $96,250, 24-player event. Craig was drawn in Toronto against Torrie Malik, the PSA No.42 from England, and bowed out on a 0-3 scoreline.
Switching back to Andorra, Hannah McGugan will also play in Tuesday’s opening round. She has travelled fresh from making the second round at last week’s Swiss Open, a round that lifted her six places in the rankings to No.227.
That is just 12 places off her career best of No.215 set in March 2023. McGugan has every chance of moving past that mark this season, judging by her display in a 1-3 Swiss exit to Isabel McCullough, the No.142 from England, who reached the semi-finals.
However, McGugan will have her work cut out in Andorra as she has been drawn against India’s Tanvi Khanna, the No.95.
