World Number One Darwish Heads Super Series Finals Line-Up

Egypt's new world number one Karim Darwish will head the line-up for the 2009 ATCO Super Series Finals, which will bring together the top eight qualifiers from the 2008 Professional Squash Association (PSA) Super Series World Tour. This year's event will be staged for the first time at the world famous Queen's Club in London from 14-17 March.

Following the spectacular success of the championships in its first two years under the joint-stewardship of Ziad Al-Turki, Vice-Chairman of the ATCO Group, and the internationalSPORTgroup, the modified four-day ATCO Super Series Finals - The Queen's Club 2009 will feature two pools of four players, leading to finals which will produce a 1-8 finish.

"There is no event as significant as a tour-end championship and since its inception in 1992 at the Vitis Club in Zurich, the Super Series Finals have transformed the World Tour into a race, creating a home straight and linking the world's most glamorous events and venues from New York's Grand Central Terminal to the shimmering Gulf of Arabia and beyond," said Ziad Al-Turki.

Darwish will head the star-studded eight-man line-up, which will also feature compatriots Ramy Ashour, the reigning World Open champion, Amr Shabana and Wael El Hindi; France's reigning ATCO Super Series Finals champion Gregory Gaultier and fellow countryman Thierry Lincou; British Open champion David Palmer of Australia; and England's James Willstrop.

ATCO Group:
[1] Karim Darwish, [4] Greg Gaultier, [6] David Palmer, [8] Wael El Hindi

Prince Group:
[2] Amr Shabana. [3] Ramy Ashour, [5] James Willstrop, [7] Thierry Lincou

ATCO Super Series Finals - The Queen's Club 2009 Championship Schedule:
Saturday 14th March
2.00pm Gregory Gaultier vs. David Palmer
3.00pm Amr Shabana vs. Thierry Lincou
5.00pm Karim Darwish vs. Wael El Hindi
6.00pm Ramy Ashour vs. James Willstrop

Sunday 15th March
2.00pm Gregory Gaultier vs. Wael El Hindi
3.00pm Amr Shabana vs. James Willstrop
5.00pm Karim Darwish vs. David Palmer
6.00pm Ramy Ashour vs. Thierry Lincou

Monday 16th March
6.00pm David Palmer vs. Wael El Hindi
7.00pm Ramy Ashour vs. Amr Shabana
8.00pm Karim Darwish vs. Gregory Gaultier
9.00pm James Willstrop vs. Thierry Lincou

Tuesday 17th March
6.00pm 3/4 Play-off
7.00pm ATCO Super Series Finals - The Queen's Club 2009 Final