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Shorbagy heads El Gouna Draw
 24-year-old
Egyptian World No.1 Mohamed Elshorbagy will be favourite to
lift aloft the third PSA World Series trophy of 2015 when he heads
to home soil to contest the 2015 El Gouna International,
which gets underway at the Red Sea Resort in April.
Elshorbagy finished as runner-up in 2014 to compatriot Ramy
Ashour, the man who also beat him in dramatic fashion in the
2014 World Championship final in December, but he'll be hoping to
carry on his recent dominant vein of form as he aims to collect his
fourth PSA World Series title since last August.
Ashour, who hasn't competed on the tour since winning the 2014 World
Championship in dramatic fashion, will be hoping he can once again
make a triumphant return to action but with all of the world's top
eight players, including high-flying Colombian Miguel Rodriguez,
in the draw, it's set to be a difficult campaign for all of the top
stars.
 "We're
very excited to welcome the world's top stars back to El Gouna in
2015 for what looks certain to be one of the toughest tournament's
we've ever seen here," said tournament promoter Amr Mansi.
"The home-favourites will once again receive tremendous support
from the local crowd but with all of the other challengers looking
at the top of their game at present it look certain to be an
enthralling week of action."
Ashour will begin the defence of his title in one of the toughest
first round matches, lining up against World No.14 Marwan
Elshorbagy, while current World No.2 Gregory Gaultier
also faces a tough opening match against Cameron Pilley of
Australia.
With
Tarek Momen facing tricky Indian Saurav Ghosal, James
Willstrop facing Stephen Coppinger, Daryl Selby
meeting Nicolas Mueller and Adrian Waller taking on
Peter Barker in a tough all-English encounter, the first round
looks set to test the title-contenders from the off.
Qualifying will take place from
the 2nd to the 4th April at the Movenpick Hotel (MO), along with
some of the first and second round matches. |
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