Gaultier And Ashour Lead Seeding At EL Gouna by Nathan Clarke March 12, 2014
- French World No.2 Gregory Gaultier and Egyptian World No.3 Ramy
Ashour will top the draw when the 2014 El Gouna International gets
underway at the El Gouna Marina, Egypt on Sunday April 13. The pair are seeded to
meet in the final on Friday April 18 in what would be their second
World Series title decider so far in 2014, with Gaultier having taken
the spoils during the Windy City Open in Chicago. With the absence of
World No.1 Nick Matthew, both Gaultier and Ashour will be determined to
make up ground on the Englishman and solidify their positions at the
top of the rankings chart. Elsewhere in the
Egyptian-strong field, World No.4 Mohamed Elshorbagy will face a
challenging opening round match against Columbian livewire Miguel Angel
Rodriguez while Top 2o players Omar Mossad, Karim Darwish and Tarek
Momen all face qualifiers on home soil. No.5 seed Amr Shabana
will face compatriot Karim Abdel Gawad in his first round match when
the Maestro will be aiming to lift his second World Series title of
2014 to add to January’s J.P Morgan Tournament of Champions crown. 2014 El Gouna International Draw:
[1] Gregory Gaultier (FRA) v Saurav Ghosal (IND) Stephen Coppinger (RSA) v [Qualifier] Nicolas Mueller (SUI) v Chris Simpson (ENG) [WC] Zahed Mohamed (EGY) v [8] Daryl Selby (ENG) [7] Peter Barker (ENG) v [Qualifier] Cameron Pilley (AUS) v Marwan Elshorbagy (EGY) Mathieu Castagnet (FRA) v [Qualifier] Miguel Angel Rodriguez (COL) v [3] Mohamed Elshorbagy (EGY) [4] Borja Golan (ESP) v Adrian Grant (ENG) Omar Mosaad (EGY) v [Qualifier] Tarek Momen (EGY) v [Qualifier] Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY) v [5] Amr Shabana (EGY) [6] Karim Darwish (EGY) v [Qualifier] Laurens Jan Anjema (NED) v [Qualifier] Simon Rosner (GER) v [Qualifier] Olli Tuominen (FIN) v [2] Ramy Ashour (EGY)
