UPDATE : Marwan withraws, draw updated

World’s Top Four to feature at
Channel VAS Championships

The world’s top four male players - including defending champion and World #1 Mohamed ElShorbagy - will appear at the Channel VAS Championships at St George’s Hill between 16th and 21st October when the fourth edition of the PSA World Tour Gold tournament takes place at the St George’s Hill Lawn and Tennis Club in Weybridge, England.

ElShorbagy defeated World #2 Ali Farag in last year’s final and the pair will appear in Weybridge once again alongside ElShorbagy’s younger brother, World #3 Marwan, and 2016 runner-up Tarek Momen, the World #4.

Mohamed is drawn on the same side of the draw as Momen, while Farag and Marwan are seeded to meet in the other semi-final.

Former World Champion Karim Abdel Gawad will make his first appearance at the tournament and is predicted to meet Farag at the quarter-final stage.

Meanwhile, New Zealand’s Paul Coll - who shocked the squash world when he rose through qualifying to take the title in 2016 - will make his return to Weybridge. As one of the top eight seeds, Coll receives a bye into round two, where he will play either former World #1 James Willstrop or Egypt’s Omar Abdel Meguid.

Willstrop is one of seven Englishmen to compete in the draw and he is joined by Open International de Squash de Nantes winner Declan James, Daryl Selby,Tom Richards, Adrian Waller, Chris Simpson and tournament wildcard Charlie Lee, the local favourite who is ranked at #87 in the world.

Peru’s Diego Elias and last year’s semi-finalist Saurav Ghosal are the number seven and eight seeds, and the pair are seeded to play the ElShorbagy players in the quarter-finals -Elias is set to meet Mohamed, while Ghosal could come up against Marwan.

All Matches will be held on St George's Glass Court, and will be shown live on SQUASHTV (Rest of World) and Eurosport Player (Europe only).