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| November 26, 2003 | Wednesday | Shawwal 1, 1424 |
Easy first round for Mansoor
KARACHI, Nov 25: Pakistani challenger Mansoor Zaman will have bright chance of reach-
ing pre-quarterfinals of next month’s World Open in Lahore as he has got a couple of easy early round matches.
According to the draws of the US$170,000 World Open to be held from Dec 14 to 21, national champion Mansoor Zaman will play against Switzerland’s world number 49 Lars Harms in the first round on Dec 14.
Mansoor, is ranked number 15 in the world and has been seeded number 14 in the 64-man draw.
According to the draws of the World Open announced on Tuesday by the Professional Squash Association (PSA), Mansoor’s likely opponent in the second round could be Olli Tuominen, a world number 24 from Finland.
Following is the first round draw:
Peter Nicol (ENG) v Hisham Moh’d Ashour (EGY) Paul Price (AUS) v Gavin Jones (WAL) Gregory Gaultier (FRA) v Jonathan Kemp (ENG) Rodney Durbach (RSA) v Qualifier Karim Darwish (EGY) v Qualifier James Willstrop (ENG) v Lee Drew (ENG) Mansoor Zaman (PAK) v Lars Harms (SUI) Olli Tuominen (FIN) v Cameron White (AUS) David Palmer (AUS) v Davide Bianchetti (ITA) Moh’d Azlan Iskandar (MAS) v Wael El Hindi (EGY) Amr Shabana (EGY) v Bradley Ball (ENG) Adrian Grant (ENG) v Peter Genever (ENG) Anthony Ricketts (AUS) v Cameron Pilley (AUS) David Evans (WAL) v Farrukh Zaman (PAK) Simon Parke (ENG) v Ben Garner (ENG) Mohammed Abbas (EGY) v Viktor Berg (CAN) Renan Lavigne (FRA) v Dan Jenson (AUS) Lee Beachill (ENG) v Michael Corren (AUS) Nick Matthew (ENG) v Qualifier Ong Beng Hee (MAS) v Laurens Anjema (NED) Shahier Razik (CAN) v Qualifier Martin Heath (SCO) v Tommy Berden (NED) Omar Elborolossy (EGY) v Qualifier Jonathon Power (CAN) v Shahid Zaman (PAK) Nick Taylor (ENG) v John Williams (AUS) Graham Ryding (CAN) v Qualifier Mark Chaloner (ENG) v Borja Golan (ESP) Thierry Lincou (FRA) v Qualifier Alex Gough (WAL) v Del Harris (ENG) Joseph Kneipp (AUS) v Liam Kenny (IRL) Stefan Casteleyn (BEL) v Qualifier John White (SCO) v Jean-Michel Arcucci (FRA).—PPI
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