Azeem, Ahad move into last 16

Published April 4, 2008

KARACHI, April 3: The pair of Azeem Yousuf and Ahad Ali Khan overcame a -28 handicap to post a straight victory over Mukarram Arif and Hasnain Shabbir and qualify for the pre quarter-finals in the KC doubles handicap snooker tournament on Wednesday.

The winners who got a first round bye were home 72-61, 71-69 against their opponents who have got a +7 advantage.

Seven more winning pairs also propelled into the last 16 round.

Results:

Bilal Godil/Zeeshan Shaikh bt Sharjeel Arif/Mohammad Hanif 2-0 (53-37, 58-35); Asim Ghani/Dileep Perwani bt Naeem Idrees/Abu Turab 2-1 (36-78, 95-53, 90-53); Abdul Wahid Shaikh/Rasheed Suleman bt Umair Yousuf/Manoj Wadhani 2-0 (71-47, 70-61); Usman Saleem/Mohammad Zeeshan bt Baqar Kamani/Salman Merchant 2-0 (64-56, 77-61); Hufaiza Mushtaq/Ali Abbas Murtaza bt Adil Ismail/Ali Moti 2-1 (26-69, 61-49, 63-55); Rizwan Jumbo/Kamran Suriya bt M. Arsalan/Danish Bhayani 2-0 (71-62, 77-53); Asadullah/Tariq Ashraf bt Ali Fayyaz/Mustafa Dada 2-1 (39-31, 25-67, 63-19); Azeem Yousuf/Ahad Ali Khan bt Mukarram Arif/Hasnain Shabbir 2-0 (72-61, 71-69).

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