CIB Egyptian Open Draws released

Draws Released for CIB Egyptian Squash Open

The draws for the CIB Egyptian Squash Open PSA Platinum tournament have been announced, with 96 of the world’s leading male and female players set to line up at the Great Pyramid of Giza from 10th to 17th October.

The tournament – organized by I-Events – will take place in front of the iconic setting of the Great Pyramid of Giza for the second year running and will be the first Platinum event following the six-month suspension of the PSA Tour due to the global COVID-19 pandemic.

World No.2 Ali Farag, who reached the final of the tournament last year, leads the men’s draw and receives a bye into the second round where he will face compatriot and former World No.3 Omar Mosaad for a place in the last 16.  The former World No.1 is seeded on the same side of the draw as New Zealand’s World No.5 Paul Coll, Germany’s World No.8 Simon Rosner and Colombia’s former British Open champion Miguel Rodriguez.

At the opposite end of the draw is defending champion Karim Abdel Gawad, who continued his run as the man to beat in Egypt when he overcame Farag in the final last November. Gawad also receives a bye into the second round where he will come up against compatriot Mazen Hesham for a place in the third round.

Standing in his way to the final are the likes of reigning World Champion Tarek Momen – who he could meet in a blockbuster semi-final should the draw go to seeding, along with Peru’s World No.6 Diego Elias and Egypt’s World No.7 Marwan ElShorbagy.

48 of the world’s leading female players will also compete in Cairo for the coveted trophy, with the likes of Egypt’s Nouran Gohar, who will be making her first appearance as the World No.1 following former incumbent Raneem El Welily’s retirement, reigning World Champion Nour El Sherbini, French World No.3 Camille Serme and recent Manchester Open winner Nour El Tayeb all appearing at the event.

Top seed Gohar receives a bye into the second round where she will face either compatriots Zeina Mickawy or wildcard Sana Ibrahim.  The World No.1 is featured on the same side of the draw as the likes of World No.3 Serme, Black Ball Open winner Hania El Hammamy and USA’s World No.7 Amanda Sobhy.

Situated at the opposite end of the draw is World No.2 El Sherbini, who was victorious at the last outing at the Great Pyramid of Giza when she lifted her fourth World Championship crown last year.  She receives a bye into the second round where she will face either Australia’s Donna Lobban or compatriot Menna Hamed for a place in round three.

On El Sherbini’s side of the draw is World No.4 El Tayeb, who she could face in the semi-finals, along with English No.1 Sarah-Jane Perry and New Zealand’s World No.8 Joelle King.

“We are delighted to see professional squash return in front of the Great Pyramid of Giza later this month,” said PSA CEO Alex Gough.

“The Pyramids at Giza have become synonymous with squash over the years and provides a great spectacle for our sport and our athletes. We are extremely grateful to CIB and I-Events for their continued hard work to bring world-class squash to the landmark once again and under difficult circumstances with the continued impact of the global COVID-19 pandemic.”

Prize money will total $540,000, which will be split equally between men and women. The early round matches will take place at the New Giza Sporting Club, while matches at the Glass Court will commence on October 12th.

All glass court matches will be shown live on SQUASHTV (rest of world), Eurosport Player (Europe only), ON Sport (Egypt)​ the official Facebook page of the PSA World Tour (excluding Europe and Japan) and multiple mainstream broadcast channels around the world.

The tournament will abide by strict protocols with relation to health and safety, international travel policies and social distancing guidelines.

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CIB Egyptian Squash Open: Men’s Draw

[1] Ali Farag (EGY) [Bye]
[9/16] Omar Mosaad (EGY) [Bye]
[WC] Karim El Hammamy (EGY) v [17/32] Iker Pajares (ESP) 
[17/32] Nicolas Mueller (SUI) v [WC] Moustafa El Sirty (EGY) 

[9/16] Gregory Gaultier (FRA) [Bye]
[17/32] Borja Golan (ESP) v Benjamin Aubert (FRA) 
[17/32] Mathieu Castagnet (FRA) v Ben Coleman (ENG)
[8] Miguel Rodriguez (COL) [Bye]

[7] Simon Rosner (GER) [Bye]
[17/32] Mosafa Asal (EGY) v Victor Crouin (FRA) 
[17/32] James Willstrop (ENG) v Leonel Cardenas (MEX)
[9/16] Joel Makin (WAL) [Bye]

[17/32] Declan James (ENG) v Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND)
Youssef Ibrahim (EGY) v [17/32] Abdulla Al Tamimi (QAT)
[17/32] Greg Lobban (SCO) v George Parker (ENG)
[4] Paul Coll (NZL) [Bye]

[3] Tarek Momen (EGY) [Bye]
[9/16] Fares Dessouky (EGY) [Bye]
[17/32] Cesar Salazar (MEX) v Patrick Rooney (ENG)
[17/32] Youssef Soliman (EGY) v Richie Fallows (ENG) 

[9/16] Gregoire Marche (FRA) [Bye]
[9/16] Mohamed Abouelghar (EGY) [Bye]
[17/32] Adrian Waller (ENG) v Lucas Serme (FRA)
[5] Diego Elias (PER) [Bye]

[6] Marwan ElShorbagy (EGY) [Bye]
[17/32] Mohamed ElSherbini (EGY) v Arturo Salazar (MEX) 
[17/32] Zahed Salem (EGY) v Alan Clyne (SCO)
[17/32] Raphael Kandra (GER) v Nathan Lake (ENG) 

[17/32] Tom Richards (ENG) v Auguste Dussourd (FRA)
[9/16] Saurav Ghosal (IND) [Bye]
[9/16] Mazen Hesham (EGY) [Bye]
[2] Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY) [Bye]

CIB Egyptian Squash Open: Women’s Draw

[1] Nouran Gohar (EGY) [Bye]
[17/32] Zeina Mickawy (EGY) v [WC] Sana Ibrahim (EGY)
[9/16] Rowan Elaraby (EGY) [Bye]
[17/32] Julianne Courtice (ENG) v Haley Mendez (USA)

[17/32] Lucy Turmel (ENG) v Enora Villard (FRA)
[17/32] Hollie Naughton (CAN) v Ineta Mackevica (LAT)
[9/16] Nele Gilis (BEL) [Bye]
[7] Amanda Sobhy (USA) [Bye]

[6] Hania El Hammamy (EGY) [Bye]
[17/32] Mariam Metwally (EGY) v Salma Youssef (EGY)
[17/32] Tinne Gilis (BEL) v Sarah Cardwell (AUS)
[9/16] Tesni Evans (WAL) [Bye]

[17/32] Sabrina Sobhy (USA) v [WC] Salma Eltayeb (EGY)
[9/16] Olivia Clyne (USA) [Bye]
[17/32] Alexandra Fuller (RSA) v Emilia Soini (FIN)
[3] Camille Serme (FRA) [Bye]

[4] Nour El Tayeb (EGY) [Bye]
[17/32] Melissa Alves (FRA) v Mayar Hany (EGY)
[17/32] Nadine Shahin (EGY) v Jasmine Hutton (ENG)
[9/16] Yathreb Adel (EGY) [Bye]

[17/32] Olivia Fiechter (USA) v Rachael Chadwick (ENG)
[9/16] Salma Hany (EGY) [Bye]
[9/16] Alison Waters (ENG) [Bye]
[8] Joelle King (NZL) [Bye]

[5] Sarah-Jane Perry (ENG) [Bye]
[17/32] Emily Whitlock (WAL) v Farida Mohamed (EGY)
[9/16] Joshna Chinappa (IND) [Bye]
[17/32] Nada Abbas (EGY) v Lisa Aitken (SCO)

[17/32] Danielle Letourneau (CAN) v Hana Ramadan (EGY)
[17/32] Millie Tomlinson (ENG) v Menna Nasser (EGY)
[17/32] Donna Lobban (AUS) v Menna Hamed (EGY)
[2] Nour El Sherbini (EGY) [Bye]

 

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