KARACHI, Jan 9: Muhammad Asim, Omair Haji Salim and Jibran Rana notched-up exciting victories in the first round of qualifying stage of Sindh Cup Snooker tournament at Indus Club, Bahadurabad, Wednesday.

Asim defeated Fahad Younus 3-2, Omair beat Jawad Khaliq 3-2 and Jibran Rana overpowered Mubarak Shah 3-2 in matches which went to full distance.

Hyder Ali Khan chalked out a break of 60 in the last frame in his 3-1 win over Mahboob- ur- Rehman while Hasan Rasheed made the break of 51 in third frame while routing Nain-ur-Raza 3-0.

Following are results on the third day of the first round. Bilal Ahmed bt Syed Muhammad Khurram 3-0, Burhan Danish bt Shafqat Hussain 3-1, Jamal Ahmed beat Rana Haroon 3-0, Muhammad Asim bt Fahad Younus 3-2, Syed Mehdi Hasan bt Ayaz Iftikhar 3-0, Jamal Naqvi bt Mohinuddin Habib 3-2, Omair Haji Salim bt Jawad Khaliq 3-2, Dilshad Khan bt Omair Raees 3-2, Hasan Rasheed bt Nain-ur-Raza 3-0 (51 br-3), Nadeem bt Asim Abbas 3-0, Bharat Satiani bt Noman Bakhshi 3-2, Irfan Cheema bt Muhammad Naeem 3-0, Asad Azeem bt Shoaib Aftab 3-0, Naveed Latif bt Abdul Ghaffar 3-0, Huzifa bt Musharraf Zaidi 3-2, Sabir Gadar bt Zarrar Khan 3-1, Jibran Rana bt Mubarak Shah 3-2.—APP