Willstrop Withdraws from PSA World Championships

England’s former World No.1 James Willstrop will not feature at this season’s PSA World Championships after withdrawing from the tournament due to injury.

His withdrawal, following the recent withdrawals of Declan James and Mathieu Castagnet,  means that USA’s Christopher Gordon comes into the main draw and will face India’s Ramit Tandon in round one.

PSA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2022 : MEN'S REVISED DRAW

PSA World Championships: Men’s Revised 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)
[10] Mazen Hesham (EGY) v Tayyab Aslam (PAK)

[9] Joel Makin (WAL) v [I] Leandro Romiglio (ARG)
Lucas Serme (FRA) v Tsz Kwan Lau (HKG)
Faraz Khan (USA) v Mohamed ElSherbini (EGY)
[6] Tarek Momen (EGY) v Eain Yow Ng (MAS)

[8] Fares Dessouky (EGY) v [I] Rui Soares (POR)
George Parker (ENG) v Edmon Lopez (ESP)
Christopher Gordon (USA) v Ramit Tandon (IND)
[13] Gregoire Marche (FRA) v Auguste Dussourd (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)
[3] Mohamed ElShorbagy (EGY) v [I] Balazs Farkas (HUN)

[4] Mostafa Asal (EGY) v Adrian Waller (ENG)
Omar Mosaad (EGY) v Moustafa El Sirty (EGY)
Alan Clyne (SCO) v Todd Harrity (USA)
[16] Saurav Ghosal (IND) v Zahed Salem (EGY)

[15] Youssef Soliman (EGY) v Borja Golan (ESP)
Asim Khan (PAK) v [WC] Yassin Elshafei (EGY)
Sebastien Bonmalais (FRA) v Bernat Jaume (ESP)
[5] Diego Elias (PER) v Patrick Rooney (ENG)

[7] Marwan ElShorbagy (EGY) v Iker Pajares Bernabeu (ESP)
Henry Leung (HKG) v Ivan Yuen (MAS)
[I] Ryosei Kobayashi (JPN) v Nicolas Mueller (SUI)
[14] Miguel Rodriguez (COL) v Raphael Kandra (GER)

[11] Youssef Ibrahim (EGY) v Nathan Lake (ENG)
Greg Lobban (SCO) v Abdulla Mohd Al Tamimi (QAT)
Cesar Salazar (MEX) v Yahya Elnawasany (EGY)
[2] Ali Farag (EGY) v Leonel Cardenas (MEX)