ISLAMABAD, Oct 23: World No. 1 Peter Nicol of England and Scotland’s John White, ranked No 2, are among 74 players who have sent in their entries so far for this December’s World Open Squash Championship in Lahore.
The entry list shows as many as 16 Pakistanis including. Entries deadline for the $175,000 championship is Nov 12.
The players:
Peter Nicol (Eng-1), John White (Sco-2), David Palmer (Aus-3), Thierry Lincou (Fra-4), Jonathan Power (Can-5), Ong Benghee (Mas-7), Karim Darwish (Egy-8), Lee Beachill (Eng- 10), Gregory Gaultier (Fra-11), Amr Shabana (Egy-12), Joseph Kneipp (Aus-13), Martin Heath (Sco-14), Mansoor Zaman (Pak-15), Simon Parke (Eng-16), Alex Gough (Wal-18), Mark Chaloner (Eng- 19), Nick Matthew (Eng-20).
Selective: Farrukh Zaman (Pak-39), Shahid Zaman (Pak-40), Arshad Iqbal Burki (Pak-63), Joey Barrington (Eng-68), Majid Khan (Pak-75), John Rooney (Irl-79), Ritwik Bhattacharya (Ind-86), Muhammad Ilyas (Pak-88), Farhan Mahboob (Pak-94), Safeerullah Khan (Pak-95), Khayal Muhammad (Pak-99), Yasir Butt (Pak-102), Zubair Ali Khan (Pak-106), Khalid Atlas Khan (Pak-108), Saeed Hassan (Pak-120), Naveed Atlas Khan (Pak-171).
JUNIOR TRIALS
Faisal Zaman of PAF and Punjab’s Haider Jamal scored victories in the under-19 category of the trials being held for the forthcoming British Junior Squash Championship.
While Faisal beat another PAF player Naveed Nasir 9-3, 9-7, 10-9, Haider edged Adnan Gul of NWFP 9-4, 9-4, 9-3 in the matches at the Pakistan Sports Complex.
Results:
Under-19: Faisal Zaman (PAF) bt Naveed Nasir (PAF) 9-3, 9-7, 10-9, Haider Jamal (Pb) bt Adnan Gul (NWFP) 9-4, 9-4, 9-3, Adil Atlas (PAF) bt Shahroom Khan (PAF) 9-3, 9-5, 9-4, Aqib Hanif (Pb) w/o Maqbali Khan (PAF), Attique Butt (Pb) bye.
Under-17: Fahim Gul (PAF) bt M. Wasim (Pb) 9-6, 9-2, 9-2, Majeed Hussain (Army) bt M. Ali (Bal) 9-4, 9-0, 9-5, Zahir Shah (PAF) bt Kashif Khan (Sindh) 10-9, 9-0, 10-8, Farzan Rashid (Pb) bt Alamzeb (PAF) 9-2, 9-1, 10-8, Bilal Zaman w/o Owais Amin (Pb).
Under-15: Adnan Khan (Pb) bt Nadeem Khan (Pb) 9-2, 9-5, 9-1, Shoaib Hassan (Pb) bt Naveed Alam (PAF) 9-0, 9-1, 9-0, Shehzad Khan (PAF) bt Intikhab Alam (PAF) 9-7, 10-8, 10-9, Hamza Ahmed (Pb) bt Naveed Khan (Pb) 9-4, 9-2, 9-4, Basit Samad (Pb) w/o Fahim Zaman (PAF).
Under-13: Asif Khan (PAF) bt Aqib Ahmed (Sindh) 9-3, 9-5, 6- 9, 9-6, Awais Khan (Pb) bt Noor Ali (Pb) 9-4, 9-3, 9-4, Danish Atlas (PAF) bt Farhan Zaman (PAF) 9-3, 9-3, 9-2, Sheikh Saqib (Pb) w/o M. Ali Ayub (Pb), Awais Rahim w/o Waqas Mahboob.