During the Egyptian Open, Karim Abdel Gawad confessed that he was injured, and was hoping that a little bit of rest would help his recovery. But as he hadn’t played anybody for the past two weeks in Cairo, the chances that he would be fit for Qatar were very slim, and unfortunately, he had to withdraw.
No changes this time for Egyptians in the draw though.
[1] Mohamed ElShorbagy (bye)
George Parker (ENG) v [17/32] Victor Crouin (FRA)
Youssef Ibrahim v [17/32] Nicolas Mueller (SUI)
Auguste Dussourd (FRA) v [17/32] Cesar Salazar (MEX)
[9/16] Omar Mosaad (bye)
Benjamin Aubert (FRA) v [17/32] Borja Golan (ESP)
[916] Fares Dessouky (bye)
[8] Simon Rösner (GER) (bye)
[7] Marwan ElShorbagy (bye)
[WC] Gregory Gaultier (FRA) v [17/32] Iker Pajares Bernabeu (ESP)
[916] Saurav Ghosal (IND) (bye)
Dimitri Steinmann (SUI) v [17/32] Raphael Kandra (GER)
[9/16] Gregoire Marche (FRA) (bye)
[17/32] Mohamed ElSherbini v [WC] Syed Azlan Amjad (QAT)
[17/32] Baptiste Masotti (FRA) v Ramit Tandon (IND)
[4] Paul Coll (NZL) (bye)
[3] Tarek Momen (bye)
[17/32] Youssef Soliman v Mazen Gamal
[9/16] James Willstrop (ENG) (bye)
[9/16] Greg Lobban (SCO) (bye)
[17/32] Tom Richards (ENG) v Nathan Lake (ENG)
Todd Harrity (USA) v [17/32] Lucas Serme (FRA)
[9/16] Mohamed Abouelghar (bye)
[8] Joel Makin (WAL) (bye)
[6] Diego Elias (PER) (bye)
Patrick Rooney (ENG) v [17/32] Abdulla Mohd Al Tamimi (QAT)
[17/32] Vikram Malhotra (IND) v Shahjahan Khan (USA)
[9/16] Miguel Rodriguez (COL) (bye)
Karim El Hammamy v [17/32] Eain Yow Ng (MAS)
Abdulrahman Al-Malki (QAT) v [17/32] Declan James (ENG)
[17/32] Tayyab Aslam (PAK) v Richie Fallows (ENG)
[2] Ali Farag (bye)