KARACHI, Dec 17: The 21st Sindh Snooker Cup commenced at Indus Snooker parlour on Monday with 264 cueists vying for honours.

Top eight players from the ongoing knock out stage will join as many seeded cueists in the final league which begins from Dec 27.

Results: First round: Faizan Ali bt Amir 3-0 (60-27, 46-31, 87-0); Fahim Ahmed Khan bt Ahsan 3-0 (74-39, 54-18, 55-17); Khurram Khan bt Nazim Barkat 3-0 (64-39, 57-29, 74-47); M. Hafeez bt M. Rizwan 3-2 (24-58, 53-39, 54-52, 15-55, 57-44); S. Imran bt Waqas 3-0 (61-23, 49-21, 51-45); Kamran Razzak bt M. Akber 3-2 (65-24, 59-67, 62-15, 55-63, 52-51); Umer Saeed bt Hafiz Ibrahim 3-1 (31-81, 42-26, 53-49, 50-11); M. Iftikhar bt A. Ghani 3-0 (56-48, 82-56, 44-5); Aneel John bt Fahad Murtaza 3-0 (65-40, 67-2, 52-16); Mansoor Hashmi bt Hammad-ur-Rehman 3-2 (67-45, 42-60, 35-65, 52-28, 68-55) —; Nasir Khan bt Amir Ahmed 3-1 (52-19, 47-37, 29-46, 57-41); Naseem Paracha bt M. Hanif 3-1 (62-11, 61-38, 29-57, 52-19); Asif Moti bt Ahmer 3-0 (69-35, 63-27, 61-28); S. Abbas bt Tayyab 3-0 (57-6, 53-13, 78-49); Shariq Alvi bt Malik Fayyaz 3-2 (29-62, 55-21, 51-48, 51-53, 63-42); Ajab Khan bt Wali 3-2 (38-64, 33-53, 57-54, 63-35, 57-5); Bilal Yousuf bt Hamza Raja 3-2 (54-33, 33-51, 53-1, 37-49, 54-27); Saad Shaikh bt Nasir Zaidi 3-2 (63-25, 60-42, 30-47, 25-63, 54-27); Sheraz Maqbool bt S. Haris 3-1 (61-31, 28-53, 62-57, 50-31); Arsalan bt Ghulam Mustafa 3-2 (45-62, 13-57, 63-7, 77-43, 74-36); Hashim Shah bt Rashid Khan 3-0 (66-1, 63-21, 71-21); Faisal Kashmiri bt Faraz Qadri 3-0(54-8, 45-29, 77-14).