KARACHI: All but one Pakistani cueist were through to the last-16 knockout stage in the Jubilee Insurance third 6-Reds Asian Snooker Championship at the end of group matches at Hotel Avari Towers here on Monday.

Besides defending champion Mohammad Asif, six others who advanced include Hamza Akbar, Asjad Iqbal, Mohammad Sajjad, Sohail Shehzad, Mohammad Asif Toba and Shahid Aftab.

Abdul Sattar was the only exception who failed to cross the first hurdle.

Joining the seven home players were Hossein Vafaei Ayouri and Amir Sarkhosh (Iran), Chau Hon Man and Au Chi Wai (Hong Kong), Saleh Mohammad (Afghanistan), Rahul Ajay Sachdev (India), Omar Alkojah (Syria), Boonyarit Kaettikun (Thailand) and Ang Boon Chin (Singapore).

Asif, a former world amateur champion, and former Asian No 2 Mohammad Sajjad maintained their unbeaten run in their respective groups.

Fresh from his back-to-back victories on the opening day, the former handed out a 5-3 defeat to Afghanistan’s Mohammad Raees Senzai and then routed Singapore’s Ang Boon Chin 5-2 to finish on top of group ‘A’.

Sajjad, meanwhile, completed his engagements when he blanked Palestine’s Mutaz Salaymeh 5-0 to emerge group ‘H’ champion.

Asjad Iqbal and Sohail Shehzd were the two other Pakistani to top their respective groups, ‘E’ and ‘F’.

At the time of filing this report, the organisers were busy in re-seeding and draws for the pre-quarterfinal fixtures.

6-Reds results:

Mohammad Sajjad (Pakistan) bt Mutaz Salaymeh (Palestine) 5-0 (54-06, 53-0, 41-1, 42-31, 47-15); Omar Alkojah (Syria) bt Nader Khan Sultani (Afghanistan) 5-3 (37-13, 60-9, 10-57, 37-30, 16-46, 43-9, 5-30, 44-35); Saleh Mohammad (Afghanistan) bt Kritsanut Lertsattayathorn (Thailand) 5-3 (15-29, 41-16, 36-8, 24-42, 71-0, 56-6, 4-45, 36-23); Saeed Abooyesani (Iran) bt Chan Chee Keong (Singapore) 5-3 (8-34, 46-14, 58-8, 0-49, 32-25, 39-1, 2-49, 35-16); Shahid Aftab (Pakistan) bt Majed Saeed Abdulnabi (Bahrain) 5-2 (40-0, 37-21, 35-22, 22-32, 27-19, 3-27, 45-26); Lin Tang Ho Alan (Hong Kong) bt Amir Sarkhosh (Iran) 5-3 (58-5, 48-7, 53-5, 0-69, 1-37, 6-36, 47-5, 45-4); Chau Hon Man (Hong Kong) bt Khalid Soliman Alastal (Palestine) 5-3 (56-16, 56-19, 8-44, 1-36, 31-37, 57-10, 34-1, 32-1); Mohammad Raees Senzai (Afghanistan) bt Ketan Chawla (India) 5-4 (43-0, 40-0, 34-11, 0-58, 24-23, 20-53, 0-41, 36-39, 49-2); Hamza Akbar (Pakistan) bt Ali Ahmed Yousofi (Afghanistan) 5-3 (43-0, 63-0, 32-30, 43-1, 9-41, 11-38, 0-56, 34-2); Rahul Ajay Sachdev (India) bt Hamid Saeed Abdulnabi (Bahrain) 5-0 (47-31, 47-4, 42-1, 48-12, 46-6); Sohail Shehzad (Pakistan) bt Punit Popatlal (Bahrain) 5-4 (40-18, 41-11, 0-53, 26-45, 42-0, 55-28, 18-44, 5-39, 30-14); Mohammad Asif Toba (Pakistan) bt Lim Chun Kiat (Singapore) 5-3 (72-0, 34-25, 31-17, 8-64, 5-39, 30-38, 45-8, 43-5); Ang Boon Chin (Singapore) bt Mahanna Naseer (Qatar)

5-3 (34-30, 42-0, 0-39, 41-17, 26-38, 22-25, 32-12, 42-0); Asjad Iqbal (Pakistan) bt Varun Madan (India) 5-2 (58-0, 72-0, 0-44, 30-32, 45-11, 39-30, 68-1); Au Chi Wai (Hong Kong) bt Abdul Sattar (Pakistan) 5-3 (41-24, 8-53, 48-4, 46-0, 49-5, 11-58, 6-47, 47-0); Hossein Vafaei Ayouri (Iran) bt Shahid Aftab (Pakistan) 5-1 (38-0, 0-65, 47-12, 69-0, 47-0, 45-0); Amir Sarkhosh (Iran) bt Kamal Chawla (India) 5-3 (22-30, 58-12, 53-16, 1-64, 46-1, 56-12, 27-35, 50-2); Chau Hon Man (Hong Kong) bt Karam Fatima (Syria) 5-2 (12-42, 29-21, 45-33, 10-38, 40-0, 66-0, 47-5); Mohammad Asif (Pakistan) bt Mohammad Raees Senzai (Afghanistan) 5-3 (9-43, 36-0, 36-12, 14-43, 44-30, 40-0, 0-49, 61-0); Omar Al Kojah (Syria) bt Mohsen Bukshaisha (Qatar) 5-4 (23-27, 34-29, 10-48, 9-43, 16-36, 43-9, 64-1, 34-17, 35-26); Boonyarit Kaettikun (Thai) bt Chan Chee Keong (Singapore) 5-3 (52-0, 29-37, 1-29, 35-1, 32-45, 35-24, 36-1, 50-5 ); Ketan Chawla (India) bt Mahanna Naseer Obaidli (Qatar) 5-3 (6-50, 13-32, 39-0, 38-22, 53-9, 37-14, 4-41, 40-21); Nader Khan Sultani (Afghanistan) bt Punit Popatlal (Bahrain) walkover; Ali Ahmmad Yousofi (Afghanistan) bt Khalid Soliman Alastal (Palestine) 5-2 (12-38, 4-38, 44-22, 34-20, 41-30, 27-19, 26-15); Mutaz Salaymeh (Palestine) bt Hamid Saeed Abdulnabi (Bahrain) walkover; Varun Madan (India) bt Saeed Abooyesani (Iran) 5-2 (37-21, 36-16, 15-35, 35-39, 35-14, 70-0, 57-26); Lim Chun Kiat (Singapore) bt Lin Tang Ho Alan (Hong Kong) 5-4 (29-21, 15-43, 0-36, 11-47, 39-30, 71-0, 60-0, 32-39, 50-5); Mohammad Asif (Pakistan) bt Ang Boon Chin (Singapore) 5-2 (49-13, 16-45, 44-37, 60-4, 0-63, 47-10, 36-24); Sohail Shehzad (Pakistan) bt Mohsen Bukshaisha (Qatar) 5-4 (0-54, 34-22, 39-16, 26-30, 46-0, 4-41, 12-40, 46-21, 64-0); Karam Fatima (Syria) bt Khalid Soliman Alastal (Palestine) 5-3 (19-41, 0-35, 27-40, 52-16, 40-15, 70-0, 39-31, 41-6); Mohammad Asif Toba (Pakistan) bt Kamal Chawla (India) 5-4 (61-1, 31-42, 29-20, 10-50, 0-66, 37-21, 37-22, 0-48, 34-17); -- Chau Hon Man(Hong Kong) bt Hamza Akbar (Pakistan) 5-3 (39-7, 45-16, 44-20, 26-35, 6-50, 45-1, 0-61, 56-0); Hossein Vafaei Ayouri (Iran) bt Ali Naseer Obaidli (Qatar) 5-0 (34-22, 75-0, 42-24, 38-1, 55-0); Asjad Iqbal (Pakistan) bt Boonyarit Kaettikun(Thailand) 5-1 (41-1, 45-1, 61-0, 47-0, 13-43, 41-19).

Tuesday’s fixtures:

At 10:00am: pre-quarterfinals (followed by quarter-finals).

Published in Dawn, August 19th, 2014