World No.1 Ali Farag Withdraws From Upcoming Grasshopper Cup

Men’s World No.1 Ali Farag has unfortunately been forced to withdraw from the upcoming Grasshopper Cup 2023 due to personal reasons.

The Egyptian – who has captured two Platinum titles already this season – was looking forward to returning to Zurich this season to compete in the Grasshopper Cup after his knee injury forced to be too painful for Farag to perform at his best last year.

England’s Mohamed ElShorbagy will now become the No.1 seed for the event but will stay at the bottom of the draw with the returning defending champion Mostafa Asal moving to the top of the draw as the No.2 seed.

Home favourite Nicolas Mueller will now move into a top eight seeding position and after receiving a bye in round one will now play the winner of England’s George Parker and compatriot Dimitri Steinmann. Germany’s Raphael Kandra has moved to a 9/16 seed and now faces wildcard Yannick Wilhelmi for a spot in round two.

France’s Lucas Serme is the replacement for Farag in the draw and faces fellow European Iker Pajares Bernabeu for a second round place.

Round one action starts at 15:00 (GMT+2) at the Squash Arena Uster with all men’s and women’s round one matches taking place there before moving to Halle 622. All the action will be streamed LIVE on SQUASHTV.

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Grasshopper Cup 2023: Updated Men’s Draw

[2] Mostafa Asal (EGY) bye
Rory Stewart (SCO) v [9/16] Auguste Dussourd (FRA)
[9/16] Greg Lobban (SCO) v Nick Wall (ENG) 
[7] Baptiste Masotti (FRA) bye
[5] Joel Makin (WAL) bye
Mohamed Abouelghar (EGY) v [9/16] Patrick Rooney (ENG)
[9/16] Adrian Waller (ENG) v Youssef Ibrahim (EGY)
[4] Mazen Hesham (EGY) bye
[3] Marwan ElShorbagy (ENG) bye
Ramit Tandon (IND) v [9/16] Abdulla Mohd Al Tamimi (QAT)
[9/16] Dimitri Steinmann (SUI) v George Parker (ENG)
[8] Nicolas Mueller (SUI) bye
[6] Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY) bye
[WC] Yannick Wilhelmi (SUI) v [9/16] Raphael Kandra (GER)
[9/16] Iker Pajares Bernabeu (ESP) v Lucas Serme (FRA)
[1] Mohamed ElShorbagy (ENG) bye