World's Elite Set For US Open In Philadelphia from PSA Media August 14, 2014
- The world's top squash players, led by current World No.1 Gregory
Gaultier and World Champion Nick Matthew, will converge on Philadelphia
to do battle in the 2014 Delaware Investments US Open on October 11.
The PSA World Series
event will see Gaultier and Commonwealth Games Gold medal winner
Matthew joined by the likes of Mohamed Elshorbagy, Ramy Ashour and Amr
Shabana, the Egyptian World No.3, No.4 and No.5, respectively, while
Spain's World No.7 Borja Golan, Egyptian World No.9 Karim Darwish and
German World No.11 Simon Rösner complete the top eight seedings.
With five current and
former World No.1s in the draw, the US open looks set to be a tightly
contested tournament with Matthew and Gaultier, who met in the 2013
final when the Frenchman prevailed 3-0, seeded to once again lock horns
in the title decider.
It will be Matthew's
first PSA tournament of the 2014/15 season as he returns from an
extended break following the 2014 Commonwealth Games while fellow
Englishman James Willstrop, the man he beat to Gold in Glasgow, is a
notable absentee from the line-up.
The 30-year-old former World No.1 has been ruled out due to a hip injury which he will have operated on in September.
2014 US Open - Main Draw: [1] Gregory Gaultier v (FRA) [Qualifier] Adrian Grant (ENG) v Laurens Jan Anjema (NED) Gregoire Marche (FRA) v [Qualifier] Mathieu Castagnet (FRA) v [8] Simon Rösner (GER) [6] Borja Golan (ESP) v Adrian Waller (ENG) Omar Mosaad (EGY) v [Qualifier] Cameron Pilley (AUS) v [Qualifier] [Qualifier] v [3] Mohamed Elshorbagy (EGY) [4] Ramy Ashour (EGY) v [Qualifier] Max Lee (HKG) v Joe Lee (ENG) Nicolas Mueller (SUI) v Stephen Coppinger (RSA) [WC] Christopher Gordon (USA) v [5] Amr Shabana (EGY) [7] Karim Darwish v (EGY) Saurav Ghosal (IND) Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY) v Alister Walker (BOT) Chris Simpson (ENG) v [Qualifier] [Qualifier] v [2] Nick Matthew (ENG)
The 2014 US Open will
take place at Drexel University, Philadelphia from Saturday October 11
– Saturday October 18, which further information about the event and
ticket prices available to see at www.usopensquash.com
