ISLAMABAD, Nov 17: Three Pakistanis including Mansoor Zaman are to compete in the main round of the $175,000 World Open Squash Championship that is set to begin in Lahore from Dec 12.

The list of 48 for the main draw who will be joined by another 16 players from the qualifying round, also features home players Farrukh Zaman and Shahid Zaman.

All leading players will be on show in the championship among them top seed Peter Nicol of England, Scotland’s John White, Australian David Palmer and Jonathan Power of Canada.

Secretary of the Pakistan Squash Federation (PSF) Wnd Cdr. Sajid Waheed said that players in the main round cannot now pull out.

The entrants for main round: Peter Nicol (Eng) John White (Sco) David Palmer (Aus) Jonathan Power (Can) Thierry Lincou (Fra) Anthony Ricketts (Aus) Ong Beng Hee (Mas) Karim Darwish (Egy) Lee Beachill (Eng) Amr Shabana (Egy) Gregory Gaultier (Fra) Joseph Kneipp (Aus) Martin Heath (Sco) Mansoor Zaman (Pak) Graham Ryding (Can) Simon Parke (Eng) Paul Price (Aus) Mark Shaloner (Eng) Alex Gough (Wal) Omer Elborolossy (Egy) Nick Matthew (Eng) Muhammad Abbas (Egy) Olli Tuominen (Fin) Andrian Grant (Eng) Nick Taylor (Eng) Shahier Razik (Can) Renan Lavingne (Fra) Rodney Burbach (RSA) Stephen Casteleyn (Bel) Mohd Azlan Iskandar (Mal) David Evans (Wal) James Willstrop (Eng) Davide Bianchetti (Ita) Wael el Hindi (Egy) Farrukh Zaman (Pak) John Williams (Aus) Dan Jenson (Aus) Shahid Zaman (Pak) Del Harris (Eng) Borja Golan (Spa) Jonathan Kemp (Eng) Tommy Berden (Ned) Hisham Mohd Ashour (Egy) Bradley Ball (Eng) Cameron Pilley (Aus) Lars Harms (Sui) Viktor Berg (Can) Peter Genever (Eng).