Joel Makin & Joshna Chinappa withdraw from upcoming CIB Egyptian Open

World No.7 Joel Makin and World No.17 Joshna Chinappa amongst others have unfortunately been forced to withdraw from the upcoming CIB Egyptian Open.

Wales’ Makin has not fully recovered from an illness and is therefore unable to play. Egypt’s Marwan ElShorbagy replaces Makin as a top 8 seed and will receive a bye in round one. Malaysian No.1 Eain Yow Ng moved into a 9/16 position and also receives a first round bye.

Qatar’s Abdulla Mohd Al Tamimi has moved to a 17/32 seed and plays England’s Nick Wall who is a late addition to the draw due to the withdrawal of Ivan Yuen. One of the event’s wildcards Omar Sobhy has also withdrawn and has been replaced by reserve wildcard Salman Sherif Omar Mahmoud Khalil who will face USA’s Shahjahan Khan. The remaining spot in the men’s draw has gone to Canadian No.1 David Baillargeon who will play Mexico’s Leonel Cardenas in round one.

Due to the withdrawal of India’s Joshna Cinappa, Egyptian duo Yathreb Adel and Sana Ibrahim have now moved into 17/32 seedings positions and will play Latvia’s Ineta Mackevica and England’s Julianne Courtice in round one of the Platinum event. Welsh No.1 Emily Whitlock now moves to a 9/16 seed, receiving a bye in round one.

Egypt’s Nour Aboulmakarim and Hong Kong’s Tsz-Wing Tong now join the draw and will face the Egyptian 17/32 seeds Mariam Metwally and Hana Ramadan for a place in the second round.

All matches from the glass court erected in front of the Pyramids will be shown live on SQUASHTV. Selected first, second and third round matches will be held at the Sodic Club S. The semi-finals and finals will also be shown live by PSA’s broadcast partners.

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Updated Women’s draw:

[1] Nouran Gohar (EGY) – [Bye]

Tsz-Wing Tong (HGK) v [17/32] Mariam Metwally (EGY)

[17/32] Hana Ramadan (EGY) v Nour Aboulmakarim (EGY)

[9/16] Tinne Gilis (BEL) ) – [Bye]

[17/32] Lisa Aitken (SCO) v Marie Stephan (FRA)

Nicole Bunyan (CAN) v [17/32] Hollie Naughton (CAN)

[17/32] Melissa Alves (FRA) v Emilia Soini (FIN

[8] Georgina Kennedy (ENG) – [Bye]

[7] Rowan Elaraby (EGY) – [Bye] 

[WC] Nour Heikal (EGY) v [17/32] Rachel Arnold (MAS)

[9/16] Tesni Evans (WAL) – [Bye]

Ineta Mackevica (LAT) v [17/32] Yathreb Adel (EGY)

[9/16] Nour El Tayeb (EGY) – [Bye]

[WC] Amina Orfi (EGY) v [17/32] Sabrina Sobhy (USA)

[17/32] Nadine Shahin (EGY) v Cristina Gomez (ESP)

[4] Amanda Sobhy (USA) – [Bye]

[3] Hania El Hammamy (EGY) – [Bye]

Enora Villard (FRA) v [17/32] Tomato Ho (HKG)

[9/16] Farida Mohamed (EGY) – [Bye]

[9/16] Nele Gilis (BEL) – [Bye]

[17/32] Sana Ibrahim (EGY) v Julianne Courtice (ENG)

[9/16] Olivia Fiechter (USA) – [Bye]

[9/16] Emily Whitlock (WAL) – [Bye]

[5] Joelle King (NZL) – [Bye]

[6] Sarah-Jane Perry (ENG) – [Bye]

Jana Shiha (EGY) v [17/32] Zeina Mickawy (EGY)

[17/32] Olivia Clyne (USA) v Cindy Merlo (SUI)

Anna Serme (CZE) v [17/32] Alexandra Fuller (RSA)

[17/32] Lucy Turmel (ENG) v Ka Yi Lee (HKG)

Grace Gear (ENG) v [17/32] Jasmine Hutton (ENG)

[9/16] Salma Hany (EGY) – [Bye]

[2] Nour El Sherbini (EGY) – [Bye]

Updated Men’s draw:

[1] Ali Farag (EGY) – [Bye]

Mazen Gamal (EGY) v [17/32] Moustafa El Sirty (EGY)

[17/32] Omar Mosaad (EGY) v Faraz Khan (USA)

[9/16] Raphael Kandra (GER) – [Bye]

[17/32] Patrick Rooney (ENG) v [WC] Karim El Torkey (EGY)

[9/16] Gregoire Marche (FRA) – [Bye]

[9/16] Youssef Soliman (EGY) – [Bye]

[6] Tarek Momen (EGY) – [Bye]

[8] Mazen Hesham (EGY) – [Bye] 

[9/16] Baptiste Masotti (FRA) – [Bye]

[17/32] Ramit Tandon (IND) v Zahed Salem (EGY)

Nick Wall (ENG) v [17/32] Abdulla Mohd Al Tamimi (QAT)

[17/32] Mohamed ElSherbini (EGY) v Dimitri Steinmann (SUI)

[9/16] Nicolas Mueller (SUI) – [Bye]

[17/32] Auguste Dussourd (FRA) v Mathieu Castagnet (FRA)

[3] Mostafa Asal (EGY) – [Bye]

[4] Diego Elias (PER) – [Bye]

Muhammad Asim Khan (PAK) v [17/32] Sebastien Bonmalais (FRA)

[17/32] Karim El Hammamy (EGY) v Declan James (ENG)

Rui Soares (POR) v [17/32] Todd Harrity (USA)

[9/16] Victor Crouin (FRA) – [Bye]

David Baillargeon (CAN) v [17/32] Leonel Cardenas (MEX)

[9/16] Eain Yow Ng (MAS) – [Bye]

[8] Marwan ElShorbagy (EGY) – [Bye]

[5] Mohamed ElShorbagy (ENG) – [Bye]

Yahya Elnawasany (EGY) v [17/32] Lucas Serme (FRA)

[9/16] Fares Dessouky (EGY) – [Bye]

[WC] Salman Sherif Omar Mahmoud Khalil (EGY) v [17/32] Shahjahan Khan (USA)

[17/32] Greg Lobban (SCO) v Tayyab Aslam (PAK)

Henry Leung (HKG) v [17/32] Iker Pajares Bernabeu (ESP)

[17/32] Borja Golan (ESP) v Bernat Jaume (ESP)

[2] Paul Coll (NZL) – [Bye]