World Champion Gaultier To Headline 2016 UCS Swedish Open by Nathan Clarke
photo PSA
December 16, 2015
- 2015 Squash World Champion Gregory Gaultier will be man to beat when
the most squash prestigious tournament in Scandinavia, the 2016 UCS
Swedish Open, gets underway at the Linköping Sporthall, Sweden on
February 2.
Two-time Swedish Open Champion Gaultier, who last month finally
clinched World Championship glory after falling in four previous
finals, will be the favourite to triumph and claim the title for a
third time when the PSA M70 tournament gets underway but will have to
be at his best to hold of the challenge fellow top ten players such as
Simon Rösner, Karim Abdel Gawad and Tarek Momen.
The start-studded field will also feature top 20 players such as former
World No.1 James Willstrop, Daryl Selby, Mazen Hesham , Max Lee and
2015 Hong Kong Open runner-up Cameron Pilley amongst others while local
hopes will rest on the shoulders of Wildcard Rasmus Hult.
“We're delighted to have such a strong collection of players competing
in the UCS Swedish Open and look forward to what promises to be a very
exciting week of squash in one of the best sporting locations in all of
Sweden,” said Fredrik Johnson, CEO of ActiPro Event.
"The UCS Swedish Open is always a fantastic event and I am sure that in
2016 we will once again see some world class action on the magnificent
glass court during what promises to be a very exciting week of squash
and I cannot wait to watch it all unfold.”
Draw - UCS Swedish Open 2016, PSA M70:
[1] Gregory Gaultier (FRA) v [WC] Rasmus Hult (SWE) Chris Simpson (ENG) v [8] James Willstrop (ENG) [7] Daryl Selby (ENG) v [Qualifier] Cameron Pilley (AUS) v [3] Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY) [4] Tarek Momen (EGY) v Fares Dessouki (EGY) [Qualifier] v [6] Mazen Hesham (EGY) [5] Max Lee (HKG) v [Qualifier] [Qualifier] v [2] Simon Rösner (GER)
Having been held for the first time in the 1970s, the Swedish Open has
grown to become one of the biggest International-level tournaments on
the PSA World Tour calendar and will enter its 13th year under the
stewardship of ActiPro Event.
The 2016 UCS Swedish Open begins with qualification on February 2 –
February 3 with main draw action taking place at Linköping Sporthall,
Linköping from February 4 - February 7 and tickets can be purchased by
visiting:
