World Champion Gaultier Leads Plethora Of International Gold Medalists In Men's NetSuite Open Draw by Nathan Clarke
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August 9, 2016
- 2015 World Champion Gregory Gaultier will go toe-to-toe with
three-time World Champion and Commonwealth Games Gold Medalist Nick
Matthew, Pan American Gold Medalist Miguel Angel Rodriguez, Asian Games
Gold Medalists Saurav Ghosal and Max Lee and and Commonwealth Games
Silver Medalist James Willstrop when the 2016 NetSuite Open gets
underway on September 27 in one of the most competitive ever editions
of the PSA M100 tournament,
In what promises to be a compelling battle for the title, 2014 winner
Gaultier will be hoping to regain the silverware ahead of a field that
includes seven of the world's top ten players - with 14 nations in
total represented in the draw.
“We are delighted to have so many of the world’s top players competing
in the 2016 NetSuite Open in what looks certain to be one of the most
competitive and entertaining editions of the eight-year-old PSA Tour
championship,” said tournament promoter John Nimick.
“While we are very fortunate that players like Gaultier, Matthew and
James Willstrop have made San Francisco a regular stop on their
schedules, we are equally excited to welcome some of the most talented
up-and-coming players in the world this year to create a draw that will
have West Coast fans packing in around the all-glass NetSuite Challenge
court once again.
“Squash is booming in Northern California and with the NetSuite Open
now comprising high level PSA-sanctioned events for both men and women,
a new US Squash Junior Gold tournament and the perennial Latitude38
adult skill level tournament, the week is a true squash jamboree."
2016 NetSuite Open - Men's First Round Draw:
[1] Gregory Gaultier (FRA) v Saurav Ghosal (IND)
Max Lee (HKG) v [5] Mathieu Castagnet (FRA)
[8] Cameron Pilley (AUS) v Ryan Cuskelly (AUS)
[Qualifier] v [4] Marwan ElShorbagy (EGY)
[3] Miguel Angel Rodriguez (COL) v [WC] James Willstrop (ENG)
[Qualifier] v [7] Simon Rösner (GER)
[6] Ali Farag (EGY) v [Qualifier]
[Qualifier] v [2] Nick Matthew (ENG)
The 2016 NetSuite Open takes place at Justin Herman Plaza, San
Francisco in front of San Francisco's Oakland Bay bridge and Ferry
Terminal, with tickets for the tournament priced from $20 and available
to purchase by visiting:
