World No.6 Joel Makin has withdrawn from the 2026 CIB Palm Hills PSA World Championships due to a knee injury.
The Welshman was due to take on reigning World Champion Mostafa Asal in his quarter-final contest following back-to-back five-game battles with Miguel Rodriguez and Aly Abou Eleinen.
Asal will now play either 2024 World Champion Diego Elias or World Junior Champion Mohamad Zakaria in the last four.
Revised Order of Play
(GMT+3)
19:30 [1] Hania El Hammamy [EGY] v [5] Sivasangari Subramaniam [MAS]
Follow On [6] Satomi Watanabe [JPN] v [3] Amina Orfi [EGY]
Follow On [8] Mohamad Zakaria [EGY] v [3] Diego Elias [PER]
The quarter-finals of the PSA World Championships begin tonight (May 13), with play beginning at 19:30 (GMT+3) at Golf Central Palm Hills. All of the action will be shown live on SQUASHTV.
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