Summary Karachi will host the $82,000 Venus ABC Open Squash Championship, featuring international men’s and women’s events and several Pakistani players.
KARACHI (Web Desk) - Pakistan will once again host an international squash tournament as the $82,000 Venus ABC Open Squash Championship begins on Wednesday at Creek Club, Defence Authority Karachi.
The championship, included in the international calendar, features separate men’s and women’s events, each carrying prize money of $41,000.
Foreign players have started arriving in Pakistan to participate in the championship.
The five-day tournament will continue until October 25. In the opening round, the top eight players will receive byes and advance directly to the pre-quarterfinals.
England’s world No. 25, Chris Malik, has been named the top seed in the men’s event, while Egypt’s world No. 48, Mostafa El Serty, is seeded second.
In the women’s event, England’s world No. 27, Lucy Turmel, is the top seed, while Egypt’s world No. 46, Amina El Rihany, has been placed second.
Four Pakistani players — Asim Khan, Abdullah Nawaz, Nasir Iqbal and Azaan Ali Khan — will compete in the men’s event.
Peshawar’s Sana Bahadur, who is deaf and unable to speak, is the only Pakistani woman to have secured direct entry into the women’s event.
Pakistan’s Reshna Mehboob and Anam Aziz will also participate in the competition through wild-card entries.
