KARACHI, Feb 2 Sixteen players have stormed into second round of the Sindh Junior Cup snooker tournament which commenced at Aly`s snooker parlour the other day. They have joined as many seeded cueists who were directly placed in the second round.

The top eight (quarter-finalists) will qualify for the National junior snooker championship which runs at Karachi Club from Feb 22 to 27.

Results

Ali Imtiaz bt Vijay Wasvani 3-2 (58-7, 23-62, 86-10, 42-55, 44-25); Hasan Mairaj bt Umair Ahmed 3-1 (34-49, 75-21, 54-32, 70-26); Abdul Rehman bt Mohammad Ibrahim 3-0 (47-43, 47-33, 52-8); Salman Ahmed bt Haris Ali 3-0 (50-14, 70-38, 54-35); Hammad Shaikh bt Bilal Ahmed 3-0 (41-17, 59-19, 70-40); Asadullah Rogattia bt Siddiq Ashraf 3-1 (47-40, 66-37, 28-57, 67-59); Zaid bt Manoj Wajwani 3-0 (42-36, 39-26, 54-43).

Sunday`s results

Mohammad Rameez bt Johny 3-0 (63-53, 48-37, 41-26); Mohammad Sulaiman bt Naeemul Haq 3-1 (40-60, 67-51, 84-22, 76-37); Muneeb Khan bt Talha Rafiq 3-2 (51-45, 39-55, 37-46, 48-18, 51-32); Noman Usman bt Uzair Ali Imran 3-1 (60-14, 61-52, 61-64, 55-43); Mohammad Arsalan bt Mohammad Shabbir 3-0 (43-23, 49-21, 63-57); Mustafa Qayoom bt Mohammad Bilal 3-1 (64-40, 85-55, 40-57, 49-37); Shahbaz bt Asad H. Kamani 3-1 (57-24, 41-32, 47-52, 63-23).

Second round matches starts at 1.00pm.

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