Gaultier Withdraws from Oracle NetSuite Open

French World No.1 Gregory Gaultier has withdrawn from next week’s 2017 Men’s Oracle NetSuite Open in San Francisco due to an ankle injury.

 

The 34-year-old, who has won three Oracle NetSuite Open titles, was seeded first for the PSA M100 tournament but his ankle injury - a reoccurrence of the one that saw him forced to pull out of last year’s PSA Men’s World Championship at the semi-final stage - will prevent him from defending the title he won 12 months ago.

 

As a result of the injury, Mohamed ElShorbagy moves up from third seed to number two seed and will take on a qualifier, while Willstrop will now face a qualifier instead of Australia’s Ryan Cuskelly, who now becomes the number eight seed..

 

Mexico’s World No.21 Cesar Salazar moves into the main draw and will take on Cuskelly for a place in the quarter-finals.

 

2017 Oracle NetSuite Open - Revised Men's First Round Draw

[2] Mohamed ElShorbagy (EGY) v [Qualifier]

[Qualifier] v [7] Daryl Selby (ENG)

[8] Ryan Cuskelly (AUS) v Cesar Salazar (MEX)

[Qualifier] v [4] James Willstrop (ENG)

[3] Nick Matthew (ENG) v Borja Golan (ESP)

Diego Elias (PER) v [6] Fares Dessouky (EGY)

[5] Tarek Momen (EGY) v [Qualifier]

[WC] Faraz Khan (USA) v [1] Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY)

 

The qualifying stages and first round of the Oracle NetSuite Open will be held at local clubs between September 24-26, with matches from the quarter-finals onwards taking place on the Oracle NetSuite Challenge court on Justin Herman Plaza between September 27-30.

 

Action from the Oracle NetSuite Challenge court will be shown live on SQUASHTV (Rest of World) and Eurosport Player (Europe Only), while tickets start from $20 and can be purchased at www.netsuiteopensquash.tix.com