Former World No1s to meet in Dubai climax to squash season

The lucrative tournament – shown live on Eurosport Player from June 6-10 – will see the players face off against each other in a round-robin best-of-three series for a place in the knockout semi-finals and beyond – with only two players progressing from each group.

Current World No.1 Karim Abdel Gawad, the man who topped the PSA Road To Dubai Standings, finds himself going up against another former No.1, Nick Matthew, in-form Marwan ElShorbagy and Germany’s hard-hitting Simon Rosner in the second group – with both Gawad and ElShorbagy making their debut appearance at the prestigious tournament.

The five day event brings together the cream of squash talent and the Women’s Group Draw has pitted three World Championship winners – Egypt’s two-time winner Nour El Sherbini, Malaysia’s eight-time winner Nicol David and 2013 World Champion, and defending World Series Finals Champion, Laura Massaro – alongside debutante Sarah-Jane Perry.

While the second group will see Camille Serme – the Frenchwoman who topped the Women’s Road To Dubai Standings, Egypt’s first ever women’s World No.1 Raneem El Welily, 19-year-old Nouran Gohar and England’s Alison Waters clash for a place in the coveted knock-out stages.

When the Group stages gets underway on June 6, Gaultier, Ashour, ElShorbagy and Willstrop will take to court during the day’s second session of play – beginning 9:30pm local time – alongside El Sherbini, Massaro, David and Perry.

Both Group As will be in action from 3:00pm local time.

The PSA Dubai World Series Finals takes place from June 6-10 with the tournament match schedule to be announced on Monday June 5. All of the action will be shown live on Eurosport Player

Women’s Group A
Camille Serme
Raneem El Welily
Nouran Gohar
Alison Waters

Women’s Group B
Nour El Sherbini
Laura Massaro
Nicol David
Sarah-Jane Perry

Men’s Group A
Karim Abdel Gawad
Marwan Elshorbagy
Nick Matthew
Simon Rosner

Men’s Group B
Gregory Gaultier
Mohamed Elshorbagy
James Willstrop
Ramy Ashour