Shabana Out Of British Open by Nathan Clarke May 8, 2015
- Four-time World Champion Amr Shabana's hopes of winning the
prestigious Allam British Open for the first in his career have been
dashed due to injury.
The 35-year-old Egyptian maestro has been forced to withdraw from the
2015 edition of squash's oldest tournament after failing to overcome a
back-injury first suffered during last month's El Gouna International.
Shabana's withdrawal means that his prodigiously talented compatriot
Mazen Hesham moves into the main draw from qualification while
Colombian live wire Miguel Angel Rodriguez, the highest ranked South
American player of all time, moves up to occupy the number four seeding
to face England's Chris Simpson in the first round.
2015 Allam British Open - Revised First Round Draw:
[1] Mohamed Elshorbagy (EGY) v James Willstrop (ENG)
Saurav Ghosal (IND) v Borja Golan (ESP)
Fares Dessouki (EGY) v [Qualifier]
[Qualifier] v [7] Simon Rösner (GER)
[6] Peter Barker (ENG) v Mathieu Castagnet (FRA)
Marwan Elshorbagy (EGY) v Alister Walker (BOT)
Nicolas Mueller (SUI) v [Qualifier]
[Qualifier] v [3] Nick Matthew (ENG)
[4] Miguel Angel Rodriguez (COL) v Chris Simpson (ENG)
Cameron Pilley (AUS) v Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY)
Stephen Coppinger (RSA) v [Qualifier]
[WC] Adrian Waller (ENG) v [5] Tarek Momen (EGY)
[8] Omar Mosaad (EGY) v Max Lee (HKG)
Mazen Hesham (EGY) v [Qualifier]
Daryl Selby (ENG) v [Qualifier]
[Qualifier] v [2] Gregory Gaultier (FRA)
The 2015 Allam British Open gets underway at the Airco Arena, Hull from
Monday May 11 - Sunday May 17 with tickets available to purchase via
Ticketmaster:
