The PSA World Championships get underway tomorrow from Cairo, Egypt. Play will be across the Club S Allegria for the first and second round matches [and half Last 16 matches on 17th & 18th] and the Egyptian National Museum of Civilization will be used for half of the Last 16 and then all Quarters onwards.
Play starts at 12:00 (GMT +2) across three courts from the Club S Allegria. All side court matches will be streamed live on the PSA YouTube channel
Glass court action begins at 18:45 (GMT +2) and will be live on Squash TV
In the men’s draw, the World No.1 spot is up for grabs once again as Paul Coll and Ali Farag can both finish the competition on top of the standings. Coll gets his campaign underway on day one against Seif Shenawy, whilst No.2 seed Farag, opens his tournament on day two against Leonel Cardenas.
Two other former World Champions will be in action on day one as 2017 Champion Mohamed El Shorbagy faces Hungary’s Balazs Farkas whilst Tarek Momen has a tough round one match against Malaysia’s Eain Yow Ng.
World No.1 Nouran Gohar will be looking to capture her first World title as she enters the event as the No.1 seed for the first time. Gohar has won six of her previous eight events on the PSA World Tour but will be desperate to capture the ultimate prize this week.
Standing in her way will be numerous challengers, including five-time champion Nour El Sherbini. ‘The Warrior Princess’ has been out of action since March through injury and makes her return in Cairo this week. The pair have met 19 times on the PSA World Tour, with El Sherbini holding a strong record of 14-5.
PSA World Championships: Men’s Draw
[1] Paul Coll (NZL) v [WC] Seif Shenawy (EGY)
Mazen Gamal (EGY) v Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND)
Karim El Hammamy (EGY) v [I] Ibrahim Elkabbani (EGY)
Tayyab Aslam (PAK) v [10] Mazen Hesham (EGY)
[9] Joel Makin (WAL) v [I] Leandro Romiglio (ARG)
Lucas Serme (FRA) v Tsz Kwan Lau (HKG)
Faraz Khan (USA) v Mohamed ElSherbini (EGY)
Eain Yow Ng (MAS) v [6] Tarek Momen (EGY)
[8] Fares Dessouky (EGY) v [I] Rui Soares (POR)
George Parker (ENG) v Edmon Lopez (ESP)
Christopher Gordon (USA) v Ramit Tandon (IND)
Auguste Dussourd (FRA) v [13] Gregoire Marche (FRA)
[12] Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY) v Dimitri Steinmann (SUI)
Baptiste Masotti (FRA) v Victor Crouin (FRA)
Shahjahan Khan (USA) v [I] Juan Camilo Vargas (COL)
[I] Balazs Farkas (HUN) v [3] Mohamed ElShorbagy (EGY)
[4] Mostafa Asal (EGY) v Adrian Waller (ENG)
Omar Mosaad (EGY) v Moustafa El Sirty (EGY)
Alan Clyne (SCO) v Todd Harrity (USA)
Zahed Salem (EGY) v [16] Saurav Ghosal (IND)
[15] Youssef Soliman (EGY) v Borja Golan (ESP)
Asim Khan (PAK) v [WC] Yassin Elshafei (EGY)
Sebastien Bonmalais (FRA) v Bernat Jaume (ESP)
Patrick Rooney (ENG) v [5] Diego Elias (PER)
[7] Marwan ElShorbagy (EGY) v Iker Pajares Bernabeu (ESP)
Henry Leung (HKG) v Ivan Yuen (MAS)
[I] Ryosei Kobayashi (JPN) v Nicolas Mueller (SUI)
Raphael Kandra (GER) v [14] Miguel Rodriguez (COL)
[11] Youssef Ibrahim (EGY) v Nathan Lake (ENG)
Greg Lobban (SCO) v Abdulla Mohd Al Tamimi (QAT)
Cesar Salazar (MEX) v Yahya Elnawasany (EGY)
Leonel Cardenas (MEX) v [2] Ali Farag (EGY)
PSA World Championships: Women’s Draw
[1] Nouran Gohar (EGY) v Enora Villard (FRA)
Nour Aboulmakarim (EGY) v [25] Farida Mohamed (EGY)
[30] Rachel Arnold (MAS) v Coline Aumard (FRA)
[I] Karina Tyma (POL) v [13] Tesni Evans (WAL)
[12] Joshna Chinappa (IND) v [I] Katie Malliff (ENG)
Cindy Merlo (SUI) v [18] Emily Whitlock (WAL)
[26] Hana Ramamdan (EGY) v Marie Stephan (FRA)
Millie Tomlinson (ENG) v [8] Rowan Elaraby (EGY)
[5] Joelle King (NZL) v Tsz-Wing Tong (HKG)
Yathreb Adel (EGY) v [27] Mariam Metwally (EGY)
[17] Olivia Clyne (USA) v Julianne Courtice (ENG)
Tze Lok Ho (HKG) v [15] Nada Abbas (EGY)
[11] Nele Gilis (BEL) v Emilia Soini (FIN)
Lisa Aitken (SCO) v [29] Donna Lobban (SCO)
[31] Alexandra Fuller (RSA) v [I] Marta Dominguez Fernandez (ESP)
Haley Mendez (USA) v [4] Amanda Sobhy (USA)
[3] Hania El Hammamy (EGY) v Sana Ibrahim (EGY)
[I] Satomi Watanabe (JPN) v [19] Lucy Turmel (ENG)
[20] Danielle Letourneau (CAN) v Anna Serme (CZE)
Milou van der Heijden (NED) v [9] Georgina Kennedy (ENG)
[14] Nadine Shahin (EGY) v Nicole Bunyan (CAN)
[I] Saskia Beinhard (GER) v [21] Sivasangari Subramaniam (MAS)
[28] Aifa Azman (MAS) v Nour El Tayeb (EGY)
Ineta Mackevica (LAT) v [7] Salma Hany (EGY)
[6] Sarah-Jane Perry (ENG) v Chan Sin Yuk (HKG)
Zeina Mickawy (EGY) v [24] Melissa Alves (FRA)
[22] Sabrina Sobhy (USA) v Jana Shiha (EGY)
Ka Yi Lee (HKG) v [10] Olivia Fiechter (USA)
[16] Hollie Naughton (CAN) v [WC] Nardine Garas (EGY)
[I] Georgia Adderley (SCO) v [23] Tinne Gilis (BEL)
[32] Jasmine Hutton (ENG) v [WC] Kenzy Ayman (EGY)
Cristina Gomez (ESP) v [2] Nour El Sherbini (EGY)
