Direct entry for Shahid

Published November 23, 2001

ISLAMABAD, Nov 22: Pakistan’s Shahid Zaman will be competing directly in the main round of next month’s Malaysian Open for the first time, it has been learnt.

The Malaysian Open which starts from Dec 8 will also see three other Pakistani players Amjad Khan, Shamsul Islam and Ijaz Azmat who will go through the qualifiers.

Ong Beng He of Malaysia is the top seed in the Open which offers a prize purse of $25,000.

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