All big guns to compete

Published November 20, 2003

ISLAMABAD, Nov 19: Only four players will be missing from the top 60 in the main round of World Open Squash Championship next month, according to the entry list.

Those not sending their entry for the championship, to be played in Lahore from Dec 12 to 21, will be world no.9, 32, 35 and 57.

The final entry list of the competition will, however, be released on Thursday.

The three Pakistanis in the main round, with respective world standings are Mansoor Zaman (15), Farrukh Zaman (38) and Shahid Zaman (41).

The following is the entry list with qualifying and reserve players included:

MAIN ROUND: Peter Nicol (Eng) 1 John White (Sco) 2 David Palmer (Aus) 3 Jonathon Power (Can) 4 Thierry Lincou (Fra) 5 Anthony Ricketts (Aus) 6 Ong Beng Hee (Mas) 7 Karim Darwish (Egy) 8 Lee Beachill (Eng) 10 Amr Shabana (Egy) 11 Gregory Gaultier (Fra) 12 Joseph Kneipp (Aus) 13 Martin Heath (Sco) 14 Mansoor Zaman (Pak) 15 Graham Ryding (Can) 16 Simon Parke (Eng) 17 Paul Price (Aus) 18 Mark Chaloner (Eng) 19 Alex Gough (Wal) 20 Omar Elborolossy (Egy) 21 Nick Matthew (Eng) 22 Mohammed Abbas (Egy) 23 Olli Tuominen (Fin) 24 Adrian Grant (Eng) 25 Nick Taylor (Eng) 26 Shahier Razik (Can) 27 Renan Lavigne (Fra) 28 Rodney Durbach (Rsa) 29 Stefan Casteleyn (Bel) 30 Mohd Azlan Iskandar (Mas) 31 David Evans (Wal) 33 James Willstrop (Eng) 34 Davide Bianchetti (Ita) 36 Wael El Hindi (Egy) 37 Farrukh Zaman (Pak) 38 John Williams (Aus) 39 Dan Jenson (Aus) 40 Shahid Zaman (Pak) 41 Del Harris (Eng) 42 Borja Golan (Esp) 43 Jonathan Kemp (Eng) 44 Tommy Berden

(Ned) 45 Hisham Mohd Ashour (Egy) 46 Bradley Ball (Eng) 47 Cameron Pilley (Aus) 48 Lars Harms (Sui) 49 Viktor Berg (Can) 50 Peter Genever (Eng) 51 Ben Garner (Eng) 52 Lee Drew (Eng) 53 Jean-Michel Arcucci (Fra) 54 Mike Corren (Aus) 55 Liam Kenny (Irl) 56 Laurens Anjema (Ned) 58 Gavin Jones (Wal) 59 Cameron White (Aus) 60

QUALIFIERS: Mohamed Essam A Hafiz (Egy) 62 Joey Barrington (Eng) 63 Glenn Keenan (Aus) 64 Mikkel Korsbjerg (Den) 65 Alex Stait (Eng) 66 Jan Koukal (Cze) 67 Alister Walker (Eng) 68 Arshad Iqbal Burki (Pak) 70 John Rooney (Irl) 72 Mark Heather (Eng) 75 Peter Barker (Eng) 76 Christian Drakenberg (Swe) 78 Rafael F. Alarcon (P) (Bra) P 79 Shamsul Islam Khan (Pak) 81 Raj Nanda (Aus) 82 Ritwik Bhattacharya (Ind) 83 Ben Howell (Eng) 84 Majid Khan (Pak) 85 Dylan Bennett (Ned) 86 Farhan Mehboob (Pak) 89 Scott Fitzgerald (Wal) 90 Peter Pastijn (Bel) 91 Safeer Ullah Khan (Pak) 92

Reserves: Muhammad Ilyas (Pak) Local 93 Khayal Muhammad (Pak) Local 95 Yasir Butt (Pak) Local 96 Khalid Atlas Khan (Pak) Local 99 Callum O'brien (Nzl) 101 Tony James (Aus) 102 Ian Power (Can) 103 Stefan Leifels (Ger) Invt 110 Jago Nardelli (Eng) 111 Zubair Ali Khan (Pak) 114 Saeed Hassan (Pak) 116 Philip Barker (Eng) 119 Timothy Manning (Aus) 120 Michael Fiteni (Aus) 130 Sam Miller (Eng) 133 Duncan Walsh (Eng) 142 Andrea Capella (Ita) Invt 155 John Ashley Abrahamse (P) (Rsa) P 157 Matt Jenson (Aus) 159 Robert Mcfadzean (P) (Usa) P 166 Naveed Atlas Khan (Pak) 168 Michael Elford (Eng) 179 Farhan Moeen (P) (Pak) P 182 Mohamed Elkeiy (Egy) 191 Simon Pickering (Eng) 205 Mohammad Nasir Farooq (P) (Pak) P 221 Wai Hang Wong (Hkg) 224 Rizwan Farooq (Pak) 230 Taiwo Kuti (P) (Ngr) P 254 Mark Krajcsak (P) (Hun) Invt 254 Alexei Severinov (Rus) 268 Ibrahim Gul (Pak) 274 Ivan Djordjevic(R) (Yug) Invt 274 Mohammad Suleman Khan (Pak) 274 Mukhtiar Ali (Ind) 999.—APP

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