Kuwait PSA Cup 2013

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The Kuwait PSA Cup 2013 took place from March 8-14, 2013 in Kuwait City , Kuwait . The men's squash tournament was part of the PSA World Tour 2012/13 and belonged to the World Series Platinum category . It was the third World Series tournament of the current season.

Defending champion from 2011 was James Willstrop , who defeated Karim Darwish 3-1 in the final at that time . The tournament did not take place in 2012. A special feature of the tournament was the game mode, which was unusual for the PSA World Tour. The 24 best players were seeded, the best 16 received a bye in the first round. The other 32 participants started directly in the first round, there is no qualification.

James Willstrop reached the final again this year, but lost to Ramy Ashour with 11: 6, 8:11, 3:11 and 3:11. Ashour won his 36th game on the World Tour and his seventh title in the seventh tournament in a row, including four World Series tournaments.

Prize money and world ranking points

At the tournament, the following prize money and world ranking points were paid out or credited for reaching the respective round. Players who entered the main field from qualification received the specified qualification points in addition to those for reaching the respective round. Otherwise the amounts are not to be understood as cumulative. The total prize pool was $ 190,000.

singles
round	Points	Prize money
victory	2625	$ 30,150
final	1725	$ 19,350
Semifinals	1050	$ 11,700
Quarter finals	640	$ 6,975
Round of 16	375	$ 4,050
Second round	190	$ 2,025
First round	115	$ 900

Seeding list

No. player Round reached 01.  Ramy Ashour victory 02.  Nick Matthew Round of 16 03.  James Willstrop final 04th  Grégory Gaultier Semifinals 05.  Karim Darwish Quarter finals 06th  Mohamed Elshorbagy Semifinals 07th  Amr Shabana Quarter finals 08th.  Peter Barker Quarter finals 09.  Omar Mosaad Round of 16 10.  Borja Golan Round of 16 11.  Tarek Momen Round of 16 12.  Tom Richards 2nd round

No. player Round reached 13.  Daryl Selby Quarter finals 14th  Alister Walker 2nd round 15th  Laurens Jan Anjema Round of 16 16.  Simon Rösner Round of 16 17th  Adrian Grant 2nd round 18th  Saurav Ghosal 2nd round 19th  Cameron Pilley 2nd round 20th  Stephen Coppinger 1 round 21st  Nicolas Müller 2nd round 22nd  Ong Beng Hee Round of 16 23.  Olli Tuominen 2nd round 24.  Karim Abdel Gawad 2nd round

Explanation of symbols

Q = qualifier WC = wildcard LL = Lucky Loser ITF = qualified via ITF ranking

ALT = replacement (alternate) PR = Protected Ranking SE = Special Exempt

r = retired d = disqualification where = walkover

Results

Semi-finals, finals

	Semifinals									final
	1	Ramy Ashour	11	11	11
	4th	Grégory Gaultier	8th	5	2
										1	Ramy Ashour	6th	11	11	11
										3	James Willstrop	11	8th	3	3
	3	James Willstrop	11	12	11
	6th	Mohamed Elshorbagy	5	10	8th

Upper half

Upper half 1

First round									Second round									Round of 16									Quarter finals
									1	R. Ashour	11	8th	11	11
	C. Grayson	11	4th	11	7th	8th			21st	N. Muller	7th	11	5	2
21st	N. Muller	6th	11	7th	11	11												1	R. Ashour	11	9	11	11
	OA Meguid	11	7th	14th	7th													16	S. Rösner	9	11	8th	3
	L. Au	5	11	16	11					L. Au	5	5	3
									16	S. Rösner	11	11	11
																											1	R. Ashour	9	2	11	11	11
																											7th	A. Shabana	11	11	8th	5	4th
									9	O. Mosaad	11	11	11
	J. Kemp	13	9	11	12					J. Kemp	6th	9	9
	C. Simpson	11	11	6th	10													9	O. Mosaad	5	11	10	4th
23	O. Tuominen	9	11	13	9	11												7th	A. Shabana	11	7th	12	11
OLD	K. Frost	11	6th	11	11	8th			23	O. Tuominen	8th	8th	5
									7th	A. Shabana	11	11	11

Upper half 2

First round									Second round									Round of 16									Quarter finals
									8th	P. Barker	11	11	11
	J. Lee	9	11	7th	11	4th			24	KA Gawad	8th	3	8th
24	KA Gawad	11	8th	11	6th	11												8th	P. Barker	11	11	11
	M. Á. Rodríguez	6th	6th	11	11	4th												15th	LJ Anjema	6th	4th	8th
OLD	KA Fathi	11	11	8th	8th	11			OLD	KA Fathi	6th	5	1
									15th	LJ Anjema	11	11	11
																											8th	P. Barker	3	2	r
																											4th	G. Gaultier	11	11
									10	B. Golan	6th	8th	12	11	11
	Ma. Elshorbagy	11	11	4th	5				18th	S. Ghosal	11	11	10	6th	8th
18th	S. Ghosal	13	4th	11	11													10	B. Golan	6th	3	8th
20th	S. Coppinger	11	9	9	11	6th												4th	G. Gaultier	11	11	11
	A. Al Muzayen	9	11	11	5	11				A. Al Muzayen	9	5	6th
									4th	G. Gaultier	11	11	11

Bottom half

Lower half 1

First round									Second round									Round of 16									Quarter finals
									3	J. Willstrop	11	11	11
	A. Clyne	13	8th	9	8th					G. Marche	9	5	5
	G. Marche	11	11	11	11													3	J. Willstrop	11	11	11
19th	C. Pilley	11	12	11	5	11												11	T. Momen	7th	5	4th
	MN Adnan	7th	10	13	11	4th			19th	C. Pilley	8th	6th	9
									11	T. Momen	11	11	11
																											3	J. Willstrop	11	11	4th	11
																											5	K. Darwish	9	4th	11	3
									12	T. Richards	11	8th	6th	3
	A. Waller	8th	12	4th						M. Castagnet	9	11	11	11
	M. Castagnet	11	14th	11															M. Castagnet	10	7th	11	6th
	Z. Alexander	11	12	11														5	K. Darwish	12	11	5	11
	M. Knight	6th	10	9						Z. Alexander	4th	6th	11	3
									5	K. Darwish	11	11	8th	11

Lower half 2

First round									Second round									Round of 16									Quarter finals
									6th	Mo. Elshorbagy	8th	11	11	8th	13
	MAA Reda	11	11	11	11					MAA Reda	11	7th	9	11	11
	M. Lee	2	13	7th	8th													6th	Mo. Elshorbagy	11	11	13
22nd	O. Beng Hee	11	8th	4th	13	11												22nd	O. Beng Hee	7th	6th	11
	OA Aziz	5	11	11	11	7th			22nd	O. Beng Hee	9	11	11	11
									14th	A. Walker	11	5	6th	4th
																											6th	Mo. Elshorbagy	11	11	11
																											13	D. Selby	4th	4th	9
									13	D. Selby	11	11	11
	R. Cuskelly	12	11	4th	11	11				R. Cuskelly	5	5	4th
	S. Suchde	14th	8th	11	8th	9												13	D. Selby	11	11	12
17th	A. Grant	11	11	11														2	N. Matthew	6th	6th	10
WC	Y. Nizar Saleh	3	1	7th					17th	A. Grant	7th	8th	9
									2	N. Matthew	11	11	11

Web links

• Tournament website at psaworldtour.com ( Memento from October 26, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
• Tournament site on squashsite.co.uk (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ World series Prize Money (PDF; 605 kB) Archived from the original on July 17, 2012. Accessed January 7, 2013.