June 10, 2006	Saturday	Jumadi-ul-Awwal 13, 1427

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KARACHI, June 9: Seven players cruised into the quarterfinals (second phase) of the 10th KC Open Snooker challenge by winning their two league matches apiece at the Karachi Club on Friday.

Those who advanced include Khurram Agha, Salman Shaikh, Sohail Shehzad, Naveen Perwani, Atiq Latif Bux, Vishan Gir and Mohammad Yousuf.

The quarterfinal lineup will be finalised on Saturday following completion of league matches. The best of nine frames quarterfinals will be played on Sunday at 11.00am.

This will be followed by semifinals the same day at 3.00pm. The event concludes on Monday.

Earlier, Qasim Kamani whipped veteran Sarwar Siddiqui 4-0 in the final to win first leg of the competition the other day. The scores were 75-34, 61-17, 86-22, 82-32.

Aneel Bherwani and Ahad Ali Khan who qualified for the second phase opted out due to personal committments and their places were filled by Mazhar Soni and Asadullah Aslam.

Results:

First phase (final): Qasim Kamani bt Sarwar Siddiqui 4-0 (75-34, 61-17, 86-22, 82-32)

Second phase: Mohammad Yousuf bt Qasim Kamani 4-3 (65-40, 62-52, 57-62, 45-71, 34-63, 64-44, 58-47); Salman Shaikh bt Baqar Kamani 4-1 (77-30, 71-51, 47-58, 57-47, 57-26); Vishan Gir bt Aamir Habib 4-0 (70-9, 68-32, 64-29, 96-0); Khurram Agha bt Mazhar Soni 4-0( 103-2, 66-11, 81-13, 75-9); Atiq Latif Bux bt Sarwar Siddiqui 4-0 (73-22, 66-51, 96-7, 59-58); Bharat Satiani bt Javed Ansari 4-3 (44-58, 54-10, 69-50, 63-65, 81-16, 29-50, 65-32); Naveen Perwani bt Asim Ghani 4-3 (84-14, 28-75, 49-62, 50-75, 77-37, 77-0, 62-49); Sohail Shehzad bt Asadullah Aslam 4-1 (55-20, 68-32, 32-63, 57-11, 56-18); Salman Shaikh bt Mazhar Soni 4-0 (58-8, 61-28, 72-32, 77-1); Khurram Agha bt Baqar Kamani 4-0 (88-9, 55-25, 62-52, 58-22); Mohammad Yousuf bt Aamir Habib 4-0 (61-10, 92-1, 74-9, 101-0); Vishan Gir bt Qasim Kamani 4-1 (71-32, 64-27, 65-54, 45-67, 67-31); Jawed Ansari bt Asadullah Aslam 4-0 (70-24, 72-38, 68-14, 50-19); Sohail Shehzad bt Bharat Satiani 4-1 (65-56, 41-53, 59-44, 59-19, 66-26); Atiq Latif Bux bt Asim Ghani 4-2 (6-52, 50-32, 50-17, 68-60, 63-67, 68-8); Naveen Perwani bt Sarwar Siddiqui 4-0 (58-47, 59-33, 85-0, 72-50).

Saturday’s fixtures: League matches starts at 12.00pm.