Five Pak players among to pseeds at British Junior Open

KARACHI: Five Pakistan junior players are seeded in the top 10 in different categories of the prestigious British Junior Open 2020.As many as 18 players from the country have entered to play the championship scheduled to be held from January 2-6 next year in England. According to the seeding released for all the categories, Hamza Khan is seeded second while M Ammad and Anas Ali Shah are seeded ninth in the under-15 category.Farhan Hashmi is seeded fifth and Noor Zaman ninth in the under-17 category. In the under-13 category, Abdullah Nawaz and Sakhiullah Khan are seeded 33rd. Humam Ahmed and Mazlan Khawar are seeded 65th in the under-15 category.In the under-17 category, Asadullah Khan is seeded 17th, and Waleed Khalil, Ashab Irfan and Syed Hasnain have got the 33rd seeding. In the under-19 category, Haris Qasim and Hamza Sharif are seeded 17th, while Naveed Rehman and Uzair Shaukat have been handed the 33rd seeding. Zeeshan Zeb is seeded 65th.The entry deadline was November 18. The 2020 British Junior Open will feature more than 800 players, from 56 countries. The draws will be announced in December. Pakistan has won a total of 12 titles at BJO since 1999.

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