Azeem advances in Sindh Cup

Published January 22, 2010

KARACHI, Jan 21 Azeem Yousuf, son of former world champion Mohammad Yousuf, recovered from two frames deficit to turn the tables on Fayyaz Ahmed 3-2 to move into third round of the 18th Sindh Cup snooker phase II at Aly's Snooker Parlour on Thursday.

Results Second round Faheem Ahmed bt Rana Jamil 3-1 (64-32, 10-63, 74-32, 60-27); Fahad Mirza bt Ali Abbasi 3-1 (57-2, 55-24, 46-54, 64-3); Rafiq Khan bt Asad Rogathia 3-0 (49-8, 56-47, 58-34); Shahab Khan bt Asif Asad 3-0 (74-32, 58-41, 63-52); Owais Amin bt Shahrukh 3-0 (74-14, 68-11, 57-24); Saeed Khan bt Talha Qureshi 3-2 (56-30, 18-72, 84-2, 5-34, 58-20); Abdul Wahab bt Tahir Majeed 3-0 (53-29, 56-24, 74-34); Arif Rasheed bt Salman Billo 3-2 (83-9, 14-53, 26-56, 59-39, 55-10); Fayyaz Shafi bt Yasir 3-2 (10-40, 31-57, 61-17, 17-61, 62-29); Fahim Raza bt Musharraf Zaidi 3-0 (65-20, 50-20, 60-20); Ishtiaq Hussain bt Mohammad Faizan 3-1 (55-52, 38-56, 52-7, 63-39); Hasan Rasheed bt Shahbaz 3-2 (67-30, 18-55, 74-20, 8-56, 60-6); Mohsin Raza bt Imran Ayaz 3-2 (47-30, 20-37, 40-10, 30-50, 40-20); Manzoor Alam bt Salman Karim 3-0 (63-28, 50-7, 49-18); Gayaz Malik bt Mohammad Rehman 3-1 (46-33, 63-19, 44-50, 40-37); Azeem Yousuf bt Fayyaz Ahmed 3-2 (29-46, 39-72, 78-50, 69-39, 78-50); Saeed Mohammad Khan bt Asad Azeem 3-2 (50-16, 39-56, 56-43, 54-56, 59-55); Salman Merchant bt Obaid Wajid 3-0 (60-46, 55-26, 73-19); Naeem Bux bt Fahad Khan 3-0 (77-43, 88-54, 73-19); Owais bt Irfan 3-0 (68-55, 46-10, 49-38); Omair Hameed bt Nazim 3-2 (57-39, 77-57, 8-73, 31-51, 62-59); Shahid Siddiqui bt Faraz 3-1 (68-8, 32-71, 76-37, 59-19); Zulfiqar bt Nasir Ahmed 3-0 (70-40, 68-21, 47-29); Ali bt Irfan Ahmed 3-1 (50-45, 40-62, 52-13, 70-49); Mohammad Danish bt Omer Tanvir 3-0 (52-26, 74-39, 46-3); Mohammad Afsar bt Nasir Waheed 3-0 (54-23, 76-50, 64-39); Samama bt Mohammad Hafeez 3-0 (55-27, 78-18, 60-23); Bilal Ali bt Basit Ali 3-2 (50-36, 72-31, 33-57, 34-60, 67-37).

Friday's fixtures

Third round starts at 10.00am. —Sports Correspondent

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