KARACHI, Sept 23: Pakistan’s Shahid Zaman and Mansoor Zaman will feature directly in the main round draw of the 2005 British Open squash championship to be held in Manchester next month. Shahid is seeded 14th while Mansoor is the 16th seed in the tournament that has attracted most of the world’s top players.

Men’s seeds: 1 Thierry Lincou, 2 Lee Beachill, 3 David Palmer, 4 Jonathon Power , 5 Peter Nicol, 6 Anthony Ricketts, 7 James Willstrop, 8 John White, 9 Gregory Gaultier, 10 Graham Ryding, 11 Adrian Grant, 12 Joseph Kneipp, 13 Olli Tuominen, 14 Shahid Zaman, 15 Ong Beng Hee, 16 Mansoor Zaman .

Women’s seeds: 1 Rachael Grinham (AUS) 2 Vanessa Atkinson (NED) 3 Nicol David (MAS) 4 Natalie Grinham (AUS) 5 Natalie Grainger (USA) 6 Vicky Botwright (ENG) 7 Jenny Duncalf (ENG) 8 Tania Bailey (ENG) 9 Jenny Tranfield (ENG) 10 Madeline Perry (IRL) 11 Shelley Kitchen (NZL) 12 Annelize Naude (NED) 13 Isabelle Stoehr (FRA) 14 Rebecca Chiu (HKG) 15 Alison Waters (ENG) 16 Pamela Nimmo (SCO).—PPI