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ISLAMABAD: Only four players will be missing from the top 60 in the main round of World Open Squash Championship next month, reveals a cursory look at the entry list.

Those not sending their entry for the Championship, to be played in Lahore from December 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:

PETER NICOL (ENG), JOHN WHITE (SCO), DAVID PALMER (AUS), JONATHON 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 CHALONER (ENG), ALEX GOUGH (WAL), OMAR ELBOROLOSSY (EGY), NICK MATTHEW (ENG), MOHAMMED ABBAS (EGY), OLLI TUOMINEN (FIN), ADRIAN GRANT (ENG), NICK TAYLOR (ENG), SHAHIER RAZIK (CAN), RENAN LAVIGNE (FRA), RODNEY DURBACH (RSA), STEFAN CASTELEYN (BEL), MOHD AZLAN ISKANDAR (MAS), 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 (ESP), 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), BEN GARNER (ENG), LEE DREW (ENG), JEAN-MICHEL ARCUCCI (FRA), MIKE CORREN (AUS), LIAM KENNY (IRL), LAURENS ANJEMA (NED), GAVIN JONES (WAL), CAMERON WHITE (AUS).

THE QUALIFIERS:

MOHAMED ESSAM A HAFIZ (EGY), JOEY BARRINGTON (ENG), GLENN KEENAN (AUS), MIKKEL KORSBJERG (DEN), ALEX STAIT (ENG), JAN KOUKAL (CZE), ALISTER WALKER (ENG), ARSHAD IQBAL BURKI (PAK), JOHN ROONEY (IRL), MARK HEATHER (ENG), PETER BARKER (ENG), CHRISTIAN DRAKENBERG (SWE), RAFAEL F. ALARCON (P), (BRA), SHAMSUL ISLAM KHAN (PAK), RAJ NANDA (AUS), RITWIK BHATTACHARYA (IND), BEN HOWELL (ENG), MAJID KHAN (PAK), DYLAN BENNETT (NED), FARHAN MEHBOOB (PAK), SCOTT FITZGERALD (WAL), PETER PASTIJN (BEL), SAFEER ULLAH KHAN (PAK).

THE RESERVES:

MUHAMMAD ILYAS (PAK), LOCAL, KHAYAL MUHAMMAD (PAK), LOCAL, YASIR BUTT (PAK), LOCAL, KHALID ATLAS KHAN (PAK), LOCAL, CALLUM O’BRIEN (NZL), TONY JAMES (AUS), IAN POWER (CAN), STEFAN LEIFELS (GER), INVT, JAGO NARDELLI (ENG), ZUBAIR ALI KHAN (PAK), SAEED HASSAN (PAK), PHILIP BARKER (ENG), TIMOTHY MANNING (AUS), MICHAEL FITENI (AUS), SAM MILLER (ENG), DUNCAN WALSH (ENG), ANDREA CAPELLA (ITA), INVT, JOHN ASHLEY ABRAHAMSE (P), (RSA), MATT JENSON (AUS), ROBERT MCFADZEAN (P), (USA), NAVEED ATLAS KHAN (PAK), MICHAEL ELFORD (ENG), FARHAN MOEEN (P), (PAK), MOHAMED ELKEIY (EGY), SIMON PICKERING (ENG), MOHAMMAD NASIR FAROOQ (P), (PAK), WAI HANG WONG (HKG), RIZWAN FAROOQ (PAK), TAIWO KUTI (P), (NGR), MARK KRAJCSAK (P), (HUN), INVT, ALEXEI SEVERINOV (RUS), IBRAHIM GUL (PAK), IVAN DJORDJEVIC(R), (YUG), INVT, MOHAMMAD SULEMAN KHAN (PAK), MUKHTIAR ALI (IND).