Abdulla Al Tamimi
DOHA: Home favourite Qatar’s World No.23 Abdulla Al Tamimi will lead the host nations’ challenge at this month’s QSF No.1, a PSA World Tour Bronze tournament, which will take place between November 10-14 at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex.
Al Tamimi, will face either Spain’s Iker Pajares Bernabeu or France’s Auguste Dussourd for a place in the quarter-finals. Wildcards from Qatar, Rashid Al Harib and Hamad Al Amri will face England’s World No.53 Joshua Masters and Egypt’s World No.52 Mohamed Reda in the opening round.
Egypt’s former World No.3 Omar Mosaad is the top seed of the tournament and if results go his way according to the ranking hierarchy he could face Germany’s Raphael Kandra in the final.
The tournament will see a high quality draw battle it out for a share of the $51,000 prize purse.
Mosaad, who has never faced Kandra on the PSA Tour, is seeded on the same side of the draw as the likes of Spain’s former World No.5 Borja Golan, Australia’s Cameron Pilley and England’s Chris Simpson.
The Egyptian, along with the other top eight seeds, receives a bye into the second round and will face either Jamaica’s World No.81 Christopher Binnie or Welsh World No.50 Peter Creed for a place in the last eight.
Germany’s Kandra, meanwhile, is seeded to meet England’s former World No.9 Daryl Selby in the semi-finals but will first have to navigate through a draw that also contains the likes of Qatar’s Al Tamimi and Scotland’s World No.32 Greg Lobban.
