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Dear [[firstname]],
TWC’s professional tournament, the Optasia Championships begins next month.
A star-studded line-up, featuring the top three male players in the world, are set to battle it out for honours between March 21-26 on a specially constructed glass court inside the indoor sports hall.
WORLD TOP 3 LINE-UPS
World No.1 Mostafa Asal makes his debut at the Optasia Championships this year and is due to face the winner of Germany’s Raphael Kandra or former World Champion Karim Abdel Gawad in round two after receiving a bye in the opening round.
Meanwhile, World No.2 Ali Farag returns as he bids to retain his title. The reigning World Champion, who has been side-lined since October due to injury, will take on the winner of the all-French battle between Gregoire Marche and Baptiste Masotti in round two.
In-form World No.3 and last year’s runner-up Diego Elias will also return and although his record against the top two seeds isn’t the best (having only won four matches against Asal and Farag in 26 attempts) the Peruvian looks to have stepped up his level in recent months and is well and truly in the hunt for the World No.1 spot. After receiving a bye in round one, he will take on the winner of Youssef Soliman and Greg Lobban.
ELSHORBAGY BROTHERS
Marwan and Mohamed are in the draw again for this year’s event as the No.4 and No.5 seeds. Mohamed will be looking to recapture his form of the first half of the season which saw him capture four titles and move back into the world’s top three.
Marwan has also been in fine form this season and has already reached five finals, claiming one title. He will be determined to build on his runner-up finish at the J.P Morgan Tournament of Champions and make a charge towards the top five places in the PSA World Rankings.
Mohamed will face the winner of event wildcard Charlie Lee and Abdulla Mohd Al Tamimi, whereas Marwan will play either Switzerland’s Nicholas Mueller or Egypt’s Moustafa El Sirty in the last 16.
WORLD'S TOP 10
Fellow top 10 players Mazen Hesham, Fares Dessouky and Victor Crouin also feature in the event and make up the top eight seeding positions. Hesham reached the final of the recent Sturbridge Capital Motor City Open after beating Dessouky in the semi-final.
France’s Crouin has been beaten in the quarter finals of his last four events.He is due to face top seed Mostafa Asal in the last eight, a highly anticipated contest due to the nature of their last encounter and their comments about each other on social media, with Asal labelling Crouin ‘jealous’ after the latter had criticised Asal’s conduct on court.
TICKETS
The strength of the draw overall is phenomenal.
In a draw of 24 players no fewer than 22 are ranked inside the world’s top 25.
One of the world’s strongest tournaments possible taking place at The Wimbledon Club is not to be missed.
Tickets for the quarterfinals onwards are in short supply and will definitely sell out.
BUY NOW- Use this link to ensure you do not miss the most exciting tournament this year:
https://www.optasiachampionshiptickets.com/
HOSPITALITY
There is a premium event experience available for this year’s tournament.
Please contact Stacey Ross for details: director@twcsquash.co.uk
Regards,
Stacey Ross
Squash Director
15/02/2023
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