KARACHI, June 16: Bharat Satiani the losing quarterfinalist of the recently concluded KC snooker challenge tasted a shocking 1-3 defeat at the hands of Sardar Khan in the second round of the Sindh Cup snooker at a local parlour the other day.

Sardar dropped the second frame on his way to register 44-32, 16-47, 79-16, 51-14 win over his opponent to advance to the next round.

In yet another upset, unseeded Zulfiqar toppled seeded Naseem Paracha straight 3-0.

The scores were; 67-13, 50-44, 68-16.

Winners of other matches were also through to the third round which will be played on Saturday.

Results:

Kashif Khan bt Ali Usman 3-0 (50-19, 49-27, 51-18); Kashif Zuberi bt Zakir Hussain 3-0 (49-23, 51-24, 60-14); Saeed Khan bt Naeem Bux 3-1 (58-16, 49-15, 48-51, 39-16); Zulfiqar bt Naseem Paracha 3-0 (67-13, 50-44, 68-16); Shadab Baig bt Zain Mohammad 3-0 (56-17, 49-22, 51-19); Sardar Khan bt Bharat Satiani 3-1 (44-32, 16-47, 79-16, 51-14); Faizan bt Hunain Kaya 3-0 (46-13, 52-49, 63-17); Mohammad Jamshed bt Yawar 3-0 (50-16, 48-24, 49-36); Farrukh Usman bt Khizar 3-1 (50-22, 19-49, 50-16, 51-8); Shakeel Ahmed w/o A. Qadir; Ahmed Bawany bt Ayaz Ahmed 3-0 (56-17, 48-24, 79-16); Masood Ahmed bt Babar Mustafa 3-0 (72-24, 58-16, 49-32); Mohammad Moin bt Jaffer Zaidi 3-0 (79-26, 52-40, 51-18); Shakir Rafiq bt Qais Khan 3-0 (57-16, 62-24, 72-15); Shariq Amin bt Mohsin Raza 3-0 (88-54, 46-35, 51-30); Ali Asghar w/o Mohammad Riaz; Tariq Amin w/o Mohammad Baqir.

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