Egypt's world number one Amr Shabana is seeded to win his 14th PSA Super Series squash title in the Petrosport International Championship, the draw for which was revealed by the organisers today (Tuesday) in Cairo.

The new $140,000 Super Series Platinum event gets underway at the Sky Club in Cairo tomorrow (Wednesday) following the completion of the qualifying finals today.

The Petrosport International - the fifth PSA Super Series event of the year - has attracted a world-class field, featuring seven Egyptians already in the main draw, plus a further six making a bid though the final qualifiers.

Top seed Shabana, the 28-year-old from Giza hoping to win the 22nd PSA Tour title of his career, faces a qualifier in the first round - but is expected to come up against fellow countryman Ramy Ashour in the semi-finals. 

Ashour, the 20-year-old from Cairo who rocketed to No2 in the world rankings last year, is seeded three - and beat Shabana the last time they met in their home country, in the final of the Hurghada International in April.

Frenchman Gregory Gaultier, the current world number two, is expected to meet Shabana in Monday's final.  The 25-year-old from Aix-en-Provence also takes on a qualifier in the first round.

1st round draw:
[1] Amr Shabana (EGY) v Qualifier
[15] Omar Mosaad (EGY) v Qualifier
[6] Peter Barker (ENG) v Jonathan Kemp (ENG)
[10] Stewart Boswell (AUS) v Qualifier
[3] Ramy Ashour (EGY) v Qualifier
[9] Adrian Grant (ENG) v Qualifier
[5] Wael El Hindi (EGY) v Karim AGA Samy (EGY)
[12] Olli Tuominen (FIN) v Davide Bianchetti (ITA)
[13] Cameron Pilley (AUS) v Farhan Mehboob (PAK)
[7] Ong Beng Hee (MAS) v Qualifier
[11] Laurens Jan Anjema (NED) v Joey Barrington (ENG)
[4] Karim Darwish (EGY) v Renan Lavigne (FRA)
[16] Hisham Mohd Ashour (EGY) v (Lucky Loser)
[8] Mohd Azlan Iskandar (MAS) v Qualifier
[14] Borja Golan (ESP) v Omar Abdel Aziz (EGY)
[2] Gregory Gaultier (FRA) v Qualifier
 
Qualifying finals line-up:
Yasir Butt (PAK) v Omar Abdel Meguid (EGY)
Ritwik Bhattacharya (IND) v Simon Rosner (GER)
Jan Koukal (CZE) v Ahmed Hawas (EGY)
Amr Swelim (EGY) v Badr Abdel Aziz (SWE)
Tom Richards (ENG) v Stephane Galifi (FRA)
Julien Balbo (FRA) v Amr Mansi (EGY)
Saurav Ghosal (IND) v Mohd Ali Anwar Reda (EGY)
Tarek Momen (EGY) v Stephen Coppinger (RSA)
 
1st qualifying round results:
Omar Abdel Meguid (EGY) bt Wade Johnstone (AUS)     11-7, 9-11, 8-11, 11-8, 11-9 (61m)
Ritwik Bhattacharya (IND) bt Se Hyun Lee (KOR)     11-5, 11-6, 11-7 (28m)
Simon Rosner (GER) bt Ali Amr Farag (EGY)     11-8, 11-3, 11-9 (37m)
Ahmed Hawas (EGY) bt Domagoj Spoljar (CRO)     11-7, 11-3, 11-8 (25m)
Amr Swelim (EGY) bt Islam El Feky (EGY)     11-4, 11-9, 11-8 (20m)
Badr Abdel Aziz (SWE) bt Hatham Efat (EGY)     11-7, 11-3, 11-5 (20m)
Stephane Galifi (FRA) bt Mohamed Abdel Maksoud (EGY)     11-2, 11-4, 11-5 (17m)
Tom Richards (ENG) bt Mohamed El Kady (EGY)     11-4, 11-6, 11-8 (26m)
Amr Mansi (EGY) bt Mostafa Bayoumi (EGY)     11-8, 11-5, 11-3 (21m)
Mohd Ali Anwar Reda (EGY) bt Mohamed Aboul Ghar (EGY)     11-3, 11-6, 11-6 (31m)
Saurav Ghosal (IND) bt Ahmed Abdel Latif (EGY)     11-0, 11-3, 11-1 (16m)
Stephen Coppinger (RSA) bt Basem Makram (EGY)     11-5, 11-6, 11-1 (26m)