Gaultier Out Of Windy City Open by Nathan Clarke photo squashpics.com
February 8, 2016
- 2015 World Champion Gregory Gaultier has withdrawn from this month's
Windy City Open presented by Guggenheim Partners and Equitrust Life
Insurance Company after failing to recover from an ankle injury
sustained during January's J.P. Morgan Tournament of Champions.
The
33-year-old Frenchman had hoped to compete at the second PSA World
Series tournament of 2016 but hasn't been able to make a return to full
fitness and will now be replaced in the main draw of the event, which
gets underway at the University Club of Chicago on February 25, by
Egyptian Mohamed Abouelghar.
Abouelghar will take on a
yet-to-be-determined qualifier in the first round while Karim Abdel
Gawad has moved up the draw to occupy the number eight seed and will
also face a qualifier on day one.
2016 Windy City Open - Revised Main Draw: [1] Mohamed Elshorbagy (EGY) v [Qualifier] Mohamed Abouelghar (EGY) v [Qualifier] Mathieu Castagnet (FRA) v Max Lee (HKG) [Qualifier] v [6] Simon Rösner (GER) [8] Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY) v [Qualifier] Marwan ElShorbagy (EGY) v [Qualifier] Tom Richards (ENG) v [Qualifier] Chris Simpson (ENG) v [4] Miguel Angel Rodriguez (COL) [3] Omar Mosaad (EGY) v James Willstrop (ENG) Saurav Ghosal (IND) v [Qualifier] Daryl Selby (ENG) v Cameron Pilley (AUS) Ali Farag (EGY) v [5] Ramy Ashour (EGY) [7] Tarek Momen (EGY) v Mazen Hesham (EGY) Fares Dessouki (EGY) v [Qualifier] Borja Golan (ESP) v Ryan Cuskelly (AUS) [WC] Chris Hanson (USA) v [2] Nick Matthew (ENG)
With
places at the season-ending PSA Dubai World Series Finals still also to
play for the Windy City Open promises to deliver another enthralling
instalment of World Series action, all of which will be available to
watch live and exclusive on SQUASHTV and Eurosport Player.
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for the 2016 Windy City Open presented by Guggenheim Partners and
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