Gaultier Out Of Swedish Open by Nathan Clarke January 21, 2016
- World Champion Gregory Gaultier has been forced to withdraw from the
forthcoming UCS Swedish Open after failing to recover from an ankle
injury suffered during the semi-finals of January’s J.P. Morgan
Tournament of Champions, PSA World Series tournament.
Gaultier
had been odds-on favourite to triumph at the PSA M70 tournament for the
third time in his career when the action gets underway at Linköping
Sporthall, Sweden on February 2 but now faces an anxious race to
recover from injury as soon as possible.
His place in
the main draw has been occupied by Adrian Waller while Scotland’s Alan
Clyne also moves into the main draw after the withdrawal through injury
of Mazen Hesham.
“Greg is a big favourite amongst the
spectators and fans here in Sweden so his presence at the tournament
will be greatly missed but we all wish him a speedy recovery from his
latest injury,” said
“However, with seven players
from inside the World’s top 15 still in contention including World
Championship semi-finalists James Willstrop and Tarek Momen, we are
certain that the 2016 UCS Swedish Open will once again be a very
successful tournament and look forward to welcoming all the players in
the next few weeks.
“Alongside the PSA tournament we
will see over 250 competitors in action in the all-comers tournament
which we have organised at the same time as the UCS Swedish Open
tournament in what promises to be an exciting week of action at all
levels.”
Main Draw - UCS Swedish Open [2] Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY) v [WC] Rasmus Hult (SWE) Chris Simpson (ENG) v [6] James Willstrop (ENG) [5] Daryl Selby (ENG) v [Qualifier] Alan Clyne (SCO) v [4] Max Lee (HKG) [3] Tarek Momen (EGY) v Adrian Waller (ENG) [Qualifier] v [7] Fares Dessouki (EGY) [8] Cameron Pilley (AUS) v [Qualifier] [Qualifier] v [1] 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 www.swedishopensquash.se
