June 06, 2008	Friday	Jamadi-us-Sani 01, 1429

KARACHI, June 5: Naveen Perwani who captured his maiden National Snooker title two years back was through to the last eight of KC billiards handicap tournament by handing a straight defeat to Amin Delawala in pre quarter-finals at the KC premises on Wednesday.

Naveen was home 100-80, 100-64 in the best of three match including a break of 49 in the second frame.

However, Vishan who lost the title battle of the 32nd National snooker championship to Naveen made exit by going down 1-2 to Uzair Dawood. The latter after losing the opener 51-100, recovered to win the next two frames 100-94, 100-71.

Naveen and Uzair were joined in the last eight by Mustafa Dada, Ahmad Saleem, Salman Merchant, Qasim Kamani, Asad Kamani and Ebrahim Ahmad.

Results:

Uzair Dawood bt Vishan Gir 2-1 (51-100, 100-94, 100-71); Mustafa Dada bt Abdul Wahid Qadir 2-1 (90-100, 100-94, 100-89); Ahmed Saleem bt Abdul Basit 2-0 (100-62, 100-77); Naveen Perwani bt Dr. Amin Delawala 2-0 (100-80, 100-64); Saleem Merchant bt Azdiar Mobed 2-0 (100-80, 100-63); Qasim H. Kamani bt Nisar Ali Bhagat 2-0 (100-42, 100-60); Asad H. Kamani bt Ali Abbas Murtaza 2-1 (90-100, 100-66, 100-73); Ebrahim Ahmad bt Sajid Kushtiwala 2-0 (100-48, 100-55). — Sports Correspondent