AJ Bell British Squash Grand Prix Draw Revealed by Nathan Clarke November 25, 2014
- The draw for the AJ Bell British Squash Grand Prix – Manchester 2014
has been made and will see a series of mouth-watering encounters take
place when the main draw action gets underway at the National Squash
Centre on Friday 5th December.
English duo Peter Barker and Daryl Selby, the World No.8 and No.11,
face dangerous first round encounters against Chris Simpson and Mathieu
Castagnet, respectively, while three-time World Champion Nick Matthew,
winner of the British Grand Prix in 2006 and 2012, will begin his
campaign against a qualifier.
Matthew is seeded to meet the winner of the Selby - Castagnet encounter
in the quarter-finals with a potential re-match with Frenchman Gregory
Gaultier, the man he beat to the 2013 World Championship crown, likely
to await in the semi-final stage.
Gaultier will open his campaign against wild card Richie Fallows.
World No.1 Mohamed Elshorbagy from Egypt is seeded to meet fellow
countryman Tarek Momen in the quarter-finals with the winner likely to
face Borja Golan, Adrian Waller or Miguel Angel Rodriguez, who all
feature prominently on the same half of the draw.
"I'm really looking forward to playing in the British Grand Prix this
year as it will be my first ever time competing in that event," said
Elshorbagy.
"I'm excited to compete and I have heard a lot of good things about the
tournament from other players. There's a very strong line-up with the
likes of Greg and Nick so it's going to be an exciting competition.
"The 2013 PSA World Championship in Manchester was an amazing event and
I'm sure we will be involved in a similar type of event this year so
I'm very excited about it," added the 23-year-old.
34-year-old Matthew said: "Manchester is the home of squash in England
and the English players all have a lot of experience playing in the
city with national squads so we will have no excuse not to be on top of
our game.
"My wife has also pencilled in to bring our new arrival along to the
event which will be the first time she's seen her day play, which will
be a nice moment for us, so I'm definitely looking forward to the
competition."
AJ Bell British Squash Grand Prix – Manchester 2014: First Round Draw:
[1] Gregory Gaultier (FRA) v [WC] Richie Fallows (ENG)
Chris Simpson (ENG) v [5] Peter Barker (ENG)
[6] Daryl Selby (ENG) v Mathieu Castagnet (FRA)
[Qualifier] v [3] Nick Matthew (ENG)
[4] Borja Golan (ESP) v Adrian Waller (ENG)
[Qualifier] v [8] Miguel Angel Rodriguez (COL)
[7] Tarek Momen (EGY) v [Qualifier]
[Qualifier] v [2] Mohamed Elshorbagy (EGY)
Tickets for the AJ Bell British Squash Grand Prix - Manchester 2014 can
now be booked online at www.isportstore.com or by telephone on
0844 8797 949.
