October 21, 2015
- World Champion Ramy Ashour has withdrawn from the upcoming 2015 Qatar
Classic, PSA World Series tournament, set to take place at the Khalifa
Tennis and Squash Complex in Doha, Qatar - the scene of his dramatic
2014 World Championship victory twelve months ago.
The 28-year-old Egyptian was forced to concede his second round match
at the recent Delaware Investments U.S. Open against Mathieu Castagnet
due to a hamstring injury and has failed to recover in time for the
Qatar Classic, which starts on October 31.
As a result, England’s Adrian Waller comes into the main draw to face a
qualifier in the first round while Castagnet moves up to occupy the
number eight seeding in the draw.
Amended Qatar Classic Main Draw:
[1] Mohamed Elshorbagy (EGY) v [WC] Abdulla Mohd Al Tamimi (QAT) James Willstrop (ENG) v [Qualifier] Max Lee (HKG) v [Qualifier] Stephen Coppinger (RSA) v [6] Simon Rösner (GER) [8] Mathieu Castagnet (FRA) v [Qualifier] Marwan Elshorbagy (EGY) v Chris Simpson (ENG) Adrian Waller (ENG) v Tarek Momen (EGY) Cameron Pilley (AUS) v [4] Miguel Angel Rodriguez (COL) [3] Gregory Gaultier (FRA) v [Qualifier] Mazen Hesham (EGY) v [Qualifier] Daryl Selby (ENG) v [Qualifier] [Qualifier] v [7] Peter Barker (ENG) [5] Omar Mosaad (EGY) v Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY) Tom Richards (ENG) v [Qualifier] Fares Dessouki (EGY) v Saurav Ghosal (IND) Borja Golan (ESP) v [2] Nick Matthew (ENG)