PREVIEW:
Blockbuster Line-up awaits
at 2018 Grasshopper Cup
PSA report
A stellar line-up featuring four World Champions and five World
No.1s will light up the stage when the 2018 Grasshopper Cup gets
underway at Halle 622 in Zurich, Switzerland on Wednesday March
14th as the highly acclaimed PSA M100 tournament returns to the
PSA World Tour for the seventh consecutive year.
Current World Champion Mohamed ElShorbagy - who beat
younger brother and 2016 Grasshopper Cup champion Marwan
ElShorbagy to claim the sport's biggest prize in December - and
current World No.1 and 2015 World Champion Gregory Gaultier,
a two-time Grasshopper champion, will top a draw that also
includes three-time World Champion Ramy Ashour, 2016
World Champion Karim Abdel Gawad and England's James
Willstrop - who held the World No.1 ranking for 11 months in
2012.
Gaultier will begin his campaign against local favourite
Nicolas Mueller, with the World No.24 earning the Wildcard
entrance into the tournament. Mueller will look to replicate the
kind of performances that have seen him take both Ashour and
ElShorbagy to the wire in five-game thrillers over the past two
years.
Also competing will be recent Tournament of Champions winner
Simon Rösner of Germany and top ten ranked players Tarek Momen
and Mohamed Abouelghar of Egypt - with Momen set to face Borja
Golan, Spain's highest ranked player ever, in the first round.
India's highest ever ranked player Saurav Ghosal - who
will face Willstrop - and England's Daryl Selby - who
will take on Rösner - complete the line-up.
"We're delighted to have such a strong field returning to
Zurich once again for the Grasshopper Cup as we look forward to
welcoming the strongest field ever to our event," said
Tournament Promoter Steve Buchli.
"The Grasshopper Cup continues to set the standard as the
premier squash tournament in central Europe and this year we are
also very excited to take the event to a brand new location at
Halle 622, which will allow more fans than ever before to enjoy
world class squash at its very best."
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New Venue for 2018
For the first time in 2018 the Grasshopper Cup will be staged at
the spectacular "Halle 622", a modern event location near Zurich
Airport and just across Zurich-Oerlikon train station.
The former industrial warehouse with 1800 square yards plus a
gallery offers a fabulous space for a world class squash event.
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