KARACHI: Indian snooker sensation and defending champion Pankaj Advani was off to a wrong-footed start when he was stunned by Qatar’s little-known cueist Basher Hussain Abdulmajeed 4-2 as the Jubilee Insurance World 6-Reds men’s and women’s snooker event sprang into action at hotel Movenpick here on Friday.

Drawn in Group A alongside five opponents, top seed Pankaj was not in his elements as he could only manage to win two frames against his opponent in the best-of-seven match.

Basher, who was home 6-57, 49-24, 44-28, 0-59, 35-22, 38-1 was delighted on creating quite a stir by upsetting the Indian supremo.

It is pertinent to mention that the Pune born Advani, 30, who has three world billiards crown under his belt in addition to World 6-Reds title at Sharm-el-Sheikh last year, was toppled by Pakistan’s Hamza Akbar 7-6 in the Asian snooker championship final at Kuala Lumpur recently.

However, Advani made amends when he sent China’s Li Ying long packing 4-2 in his second match on Friday. The scores were 29-36, 15-45, 67-4, 58-0, 38-24, 38-24.

Pakistani cueists experience mixed fortunes

Pakistani players, meanwhile, had mixed fortunes on the opening day. Former world amateur snooker champion Mohammad Asif, former world No 2 Mohammad Sajjad, Asjad Iqbal, Mohammad Majid Ali, Shahram Changezi, Abdul Raheem and Babar Masih conjured up victories in their opening games. Hunain Aamir, however, lost back-to-back group matches.

Results:

Men’s 6-Reds:

Basher Hussain Abdulmajeed (Qatar) bt Pankaj Advani (India) 4-2 (6-57, 49-24, 44-28, 0-59, 35-22, 38-1); Keen Hoo Moh (Malaysia) bt Li Yinglong (China) 4-1 (37-16, 40-11, 57-15, 14-43, 52-12); Mohamed Khairy (Egypt) bt Hunain Amir (Pakistan) 4-2 (10-40, 37-7, 37-29, 6-53, 81-37, 42-39); Pankaj Advani (India) bt Li Yinglong (China) 4-2 (29-36, 15-45, 67-4, 58-0, 38-24, 38-24); Keen Hoo Moh (Malaysia) bt Mohamed Khairy (Egypt) 4-1 (29-20, 9-38, 43-18, 33-17, 30-18); Basher Hussain Abdulmajeed (Qatar) bt Hunain Amir (Pakistan) 4-2 (43-12, 25-36, 25-2, 35-1, 35-28, 53-21); Mohsen Bukshaisha (Qatar) bt Khalil Busaif (Bahain) 4-0 (41-0, 31-0, 40-19, 45-10); Shahram Changezi (Pakistan) bt Loshaka Perera (Sri Lanka) 4-0 (68-0, 41-11, 72-0, 36-1); Man Hoi Leong (Hong Kong) bt Chris Hart (England) 4-0 (37-30, 33-23, 42-22, 45-11); Mohsen Bukshaisha (Qatar) bt Loshaka Perera (Sri Lanka) 4-1 (15-25, 46-12, 55-0, 51-31, 38-16); Shahram Changezi (Pakistan) bt Man Hoi Leong (Hong Kong) 4-0 (43-1, 42-20, 56-2, 34-18); Mohammad Sajjad (Pakistan) bt Abdulla Mujairan (Bahrain) 4-0 (52-2, 42-0, 47-1, 42-1); Lee Chun Wai (Hong Kong) bt Yousef Alwadi (Saudi Arabia) 4-1 (36-24, 5-47, 37-22, 39-22, 45-20); Varun Kumar (India) bt Khalid Kamali (UAE) 4-2 (27-12, 8-42, 33-0, 44-55, 41-24, 46-7); Babar Masih (Pakistan) bt Sadiq Alghuraifi (Bahrain) 4-1 (33-11, 15-37, 42-7, 36-32, 44-0); Kok Leong Lim (Malaysia) bt Nansen Sin Man Wan (Hong Kong) 4-2 (42-16, 45-0, 53-9, 13-46, 8-33, 42-11); Kamal Chawla (India) bt Sasika Perera (Sri Lanka) 4-0 (42-35, 41-17, 68-0, 65-16); Abdul Raheem (Pakistan) bt Ali Alobaidli (Qatar) 4-1 (43-20, 7-32, 62-0, 54-5, 56-12); Sourav Kothari (India) bt Ahmed Galal (Egypt) 4-0 (30-15, 34-30, 31-16, 38-7); Fung Kwok Wai (Hong Kong) bt A Mohsin Al-Abdulrehman (Qatar) 4-1 (43-34, 46-4, 40-8, 7-46, 52-8); Stephen Broadhead (England) bt Pedram Arteshyar (Iran) 4-1 (25-29, 38-5, 48-38, 47-10, 28-16); Mohammad Majid Ali (Pakistan) bt Mohammad Omar Ashiq (Bahrain) 4-0 (52-17, 42-32, 32-21, 31-9); Saleh Mohammad (Afghanistan) bt Ahmed Aseeri (Saudi Arabia) 4-1 (33-25, 38-27, 16-34, 59-0, 62-7); Chi Wai Au (Hong Kong) bt Shahbaaz Adil Khan (India) 4-0 (33-1, 56-1, 59-1, 37-12); Mohamed Shehab (UAE) bt Mohammad Leysi (Turkey) 4-0 (44-19, 42-14, 52-16, 42-17); Nadir Khan Sultani (Afghanistan) bt Manan Chandra (India) 4-3 (1-51, 40-17, 35-16, 6-55, 43-0, 16-35, 33-25); Ahmed Saif (Qatar) bt Omar Alajiani (Saudi Arabia) 4-3 (65-0, 1-38, 5-45, 7-40, 45-10, 40-11, 37-27); Rahul Ajay Sachdev (India) bt Mohammad Al Joakar (UAE) 4-3 (16-45, 34-14, 41-4, 48-6, 20-62, 22-50, 38-6); Dherminder Lilly (India) bt Lin Tang Ho (Hong Kong) 4-0 (38-8, 45-0, 61-4, 37-29); Mahana Alobaidli (Qatar) bt Sohail Shahzad (Pakistan) 4-2 (6-59, 41-0, 38-36, 45-32, 2-42, 28-26); Asjad Iqbal (Pakistan) bt Marwan Alfalasi (UAE) 4-2 (42-0, 57-0, 2-37, 22-46, 46-0, 63-0); Yan Bingtao (China) bt Abdullah Alshammari (Saudi Arabia) 4-0 (48-4, 57-0, 30-28, 32-3); Soheil Vahedi (Iran) bt Ahme Janahi (Bahrain) 4-1 (33-28, 49-1, 30-34, 53-14, 49-13); Varun Madan (india) bt Shannon Dixon (Australia) 4-0 (39-33, 53-1, 52-9, 63-60); Amir Sarkhosh (Iran) bt Salim Al Alsuwaidi (UAE) 4-2 (49-1, 25-36, 18-33, 56-0, 55-11, 41-13); Faisal Khan (India) bt Nigel Howe (England) 4-2 (53-12, 58-60, 52-11, 0-56, 16-46, 69-0); Mohammad Asif (Pakistan) bt Mohamad Alshamsi (UAE) 4-0 (40-14, 53-0, 71-0, 41-0); Habib Subah (Bahrain) bt Hamed Zarehdoust (Iran) 4-0 (42-8, 35-36, 55-2, 63-0).

Women’s 6-Reds:

Tatjana Vasiljeva (Latvia) bt Ka Kai Wan (Hong Kong) 3-2 (11-48, 38-1, 5-49, 48-36, 39-10); Amee Kamani (India) bt Neeta Sanghi (India) 3-2 (30-43, 38-9, 11-40, 49-8, 38-28); Denise Santos (Philippines) bt Arantxa Sanchis (India) 3-0 (30-13, 50-10, 36-11); Ng On Yee (Hong Kong) bt Revanna Umadevi (India) 3-1 (21-41, 46-0, 55-0, 37-14); Vidya Pillai (India) bt Floriza Andal (Philippines) 3-2 (16-45, 47-0, 42-28, 24-47, 56-33); Chitra Magimairajan (India) bt Suniti Damani (India) 3-0 (45-38, 34-22, 23-10); Denise Santos (Philippines) bt Neeta Sanghi (India) 3-1 (39-23, 22-31, 46-7, 32-8); Amee Kamani (India) bt Ka Kai Wan (Hong Kong) 3-0 (58-14, 42-9, 46-8); Arantxa Sanchis (India) bt Tatjana Vasiljeva (Latvia) 3-1 (18-39, 37-7, 48-4, 37-6); Ng On Yee (Hong Kong) bt Chitra Magimairajan (India) 3-0 (68-0, 28-23, 55-0); Vidya Pillai (India) bt Suniti Damani (India) 3-0 (45-18, 44-0, 33-21); Floriza Andal (Philippines) bt Revanna Umadevi (India) 3-1 (39-44, 53-7, 42-27, 49-38).

Published in Dawn, August 8th, 2015

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