January 9, 2002	Wednesday	Shawwal 24, 1422

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KARACHI, Jan 8: Ajay Bherwani fought-back from 1-2 down to defeat Khurram Jahangir 3-2 in the first round of Sindh Open Snooker qualifying rounds at Indus Club Bahadurabad Tuesday.

Teenager Ajay, brother of Pakistan’s national ranking cueist, Aneel Bherwani pocketed the opening frame but his opponent took the next two to gain 2-1 advantage.

But Ajay showing fighting qualities took the next two frames after keen contest to record a thrilling victory.

Ghulam Nabi smashed a brilliant break of 84 in his victory over Qasim 3-2.

The following were the results:

Imran Khan bt Asif Memon 3-1, Waqar Burki bt Naeem Khanzada 3-1, Sultan Saleem bt Shazad Samad 3-0, Aamir Haroon bt Umair Alam 3-1, S.A.R.Qadri bt Ali Raza 3-0, Mohsin Raza bt Zainul-Abideen 3-1, Ghulam Nabi bt Syed Mahboob Shah 3-0, Sheraz Ahmed bt Baqar Kamani 3-2, Danish Habib bt Naeem Qadir 3-1, Ajay Bherwani bt Khurrum Jahangir 3-2, Danish Karim bt Hamid Khan 3-0, Faraz Anwar bt Ahmed Waqar 3-2, Saqib Shabbir bt Iftikhar Qureshi 3-1, Khurram Rehman bt az Shaikh bt Abdul Waheed 3-1, Fahim Raza bt Saqib Younis 3-2, Noor Ali Shah bt Muzaffar Ali 3-0, Najmur Rehman bt Muhammad Saif Hai 3-0, Ahad Ali Khan bt Capt Muhammad Abid 3-0.