Eight Pakistanis among last 32 at world 6-Reds snooker

Published August 10, 2015
Iran’s Hamed Zarehdoust takes a shot against India’s Ketan Chawla in the world 6-Reds snooker event on Sunday. — Anis Hamdani/White Star
Iran’s Hamed Zarehdoust takes a shot against India’s Ketan Chawla in the world 6-Reds snooker event on Sunday. — Anis Hamdani/White Star

KARACHI: Eight Pakistan players out of 14 stepped into the last 32-round of the world men’s 6-Reds snooker event at the end of group fixtures at hotel Movenpick on Sunday.

The eight cueists include Mohammad Sajjad, Shahram Changezi, Babar Masih, Mohammad Asif, Shahid Aftab, Mohammad Majid Ali, Asjad Iqbal and Khurram Agha.

According to the format, a total of 42 players — top three from the 14 groups — advanced into the knock out round.

Twenty two players were given bye and directly placed into the 32-round on the basis of their performance while the remaining 20 players will play another round with 10 winners joining the fray of qualified players.

Pakistan’s two more players – Mohammad Bilal and Mohammad Asif Toba – were among those players who will play the knock out round of last 42.

Indian cueist Dharminder Lilly was seeded on the top in the re-seeding. He is followed by two home players Sajjad and Shahram.

World champion Yan Bingtao has been seeded seventh in the reseeding while defending champion Pankaj Advani was re-seeded 12th. The former has won 16 frames and lost eight in the four games while the latter had won 18 and lost 10 in four matches.

The matches of the last-32 round will be played on Monday starting 10am.

Results:

Men’s 6-Reds:

Pankaj Advani (India) bt Keen Hoo Moh (Malaysia) 4-1 (42-12, 47-12, 10-31, 40-0, 45-0); Li Yingdong (China) bt Hunain Aamir (Pakistan) 4-3 (46-24, 35-30, 30-34, 32-19, 12-29, 2-33, 35-1); Mohamed Khairy (Egypt) bt Bashar Hussain Abdul majeed (Qatar) 4-1 (19-31, 42-5, 44-16, 31-22, 38-1); Shahram Changezi (Pakistan bt Mohsen Bukshaisha (Qatar) 4-2 (38-17, 49-4, 25-50, 37-26, 0-54, 44-35); Chris

Hart (England) bt Loshaka Perera (Sri Lanka) 4-0 (37-9, 43-0, 52-6, 60-14); Man Hoi Leong (Hong Kong) bt Khalil Busaif (Bahrain) 4-0 (32-24, 29-1, 34-0, 48-6); Mohammad Sajjad (Pakistan) bt Lee Chun Wai (Hong Kong) 4-1 (62-14, 70-1, 34-24, 27-35, 37-2); Kok Leong Lim (Malaysia) bt Sadiq Alghuraifi (Bahrain) 4-0 (38-15, 38-27, 37-24, 43-8); Nansen Sin Man Wan (Hong Kong) bt Sasika Perera (Sri Lanka) 4-0 (47-19, 45-16, 49-12, 52-1); Mohammad Rais Senzahi (Afghanistan) bt Sourav Kothari (India) 4-3 (16-62, 2-36, 70-0, 55-1, 37-0, 17-32, 39-12); Babar Masih (Pakistan) bt Kamal Chawla (India) 4-0 (33-19, 52-8, 61-0, 53-9) ; Khalid Kamali (United Arab Emirates) bt Abdulla Mujairan (Bahrain) 4-2 (45-38, 25-34, 53-16, 12-46, 33-17, 67-0); Varun Kumar (India) bt Yousef Alwadi (Saudi Arabia) 4-0 (31-28, 58-8, 72-0, 35-25).

Women;s 6-Reds:

Ka Kai Wan (Hong Kong) bt Neeta Sanghvi (India) 3-1 (30-6, 58-26, 0-36, 47-12); Amee Kamani (India) bt Arantxa Sanchis (India) 3-2 (14-32, 39-1, 21-34, 35-25, 43-36); Denise Santos (Philippines) bt Tatjana Vasiljeva (Latvia) 3-1 (24-46, 42-3, 26-15, 34-6).

Saturday’s last session results:

Yan Bingtao (China) bt Asjad Iqbal (Pakistan) 4-3 (47-19, 39-25, 8-52, 19-56, 0-39, 72-2, 37-0); Mohammad Bilal (Pakistan) bt Ahmed Aseeri (Saudi Arabia) 4-2 (5-46, 1-44, 50-18, 45-7, 39-12, 28-22); Mohamed Shehab (United Arab Emirates) bt Manan Chandra (India) 4-2 (33-35, 55-9, 40-17, 53-0, 1-57, 45-0); Mohammad Asif Toba (Pakistan) bt Mohammed Leysi (Turkey) 4-2 (52-0, 61-7, 51-17, 17-36, 9-36, 51-0); Mohammed Al Joaker (United Arab Emirates) bt Ahmed Saif (Qatar) 4-1 (13-40, 43-1, 44-0, 33-1, 31-28); Shahid Aftab (Pakistan) bt Omar Alajlani (Saudi Arabia) 4-0 (69-0, 71-0, 73-0, 59-12); Dharminder Lilly (India) bt Sohail Shehzad (Pakistan) 4-0 (69-0, 41-21, 40-29, 68-0); Lin Tang Ho (Hong Kong) Simon Dent (England) 4-3 (43-36, 32-25, 52-27, 30-32, 28-38, 0-43, 47-12); Chi Wai Au (Hong Kong) bt Saleh Mohammadi (Afghanistan) 4-2 (0-63, 31-23, 4-44, 49-1, 37-25, 59-0); Chau Hon Man (Hong Kong) bt Abdullah Alshammari (Saudi Arabia) 4-3 (1-53, 56-5, 14-57, 55-20, 37-45, 40-17, 37-3); Soheil Vahedi (Iran) bt Shannon Dixon (Australia) 4-1 (0-43, 46-28, 46-39, 35-26, 44-7); Khurram Agha (Pakistan) bt Ahmed Janahi (Bahrain) 4-2 (40-21, 64-10, 0-70, 8-63, 38-32, 31-21); Amir Sarkhosh (Iran) bt Nigel Howe (England) 4-3 (53-4, 47-6, 12-43, 8-53, 27-37, 29-13, 64-0); Salim Ali Alsuwaidi (United Arab Emirates) bt Mohammad Faheem (Pakistan) 4-3 (18-58, 59-0, 16-47, 6-38, 52-6, 37-6, 35-15); Mohammad Asif (Pakistan) bt Habib Subah (Bahrain) 4-3 (14-37, 19-44, 5-39, 37-0, 35-28, 50-0, 37-14); Ketan Chawla (India) bt Mohammed Alshamsi (United Arab Emirates) 4-1 (52-0, 24-44, 39-27, 36-19, 33-26).

Published in Dawn, August 10th, 2015

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