KARACHI: The 22nd Sindh Cup snooker, which serves as a qualifier for country’s premier snooker championship, commenced at a local parlour on Wednesday.

As many as 192 cueists are competing in the first knockout stage and top 16 finishers will join as many exempted players in the league.

Top six players of the cup will qualify for the 2014 national snooker championship.

Results:

Ashraf Ali bt Umar Bin Karim 3-0 (71-20, 53-21, 51-39); Arif Khan bt Abdul Ghaffar 3-0 (1-0 (frame awarded to winner), 46-38, 45-24); M. Ayaz bt Mehboob-ur-Rehman 3-0 (69-26, 85-54, 59-28); Farzad Vatcha bt Adnan Shahzad 3-0 (72-31, 56-51, 48-28); M. Faizan bt Iftikhar Hassan 3-2 (65-32, 75-16, 28-66, 52-67, 91-1); Umair Uddin bt Siddique Ullah 3-0 (62-52, 44-34, 86-68); Dilawar Khan bt Nehal Anwar 3-0 (50-44, 102-31, 72-9); M. Tahir bt Fahad 3-0 (54-42, 63-55, 51-33); Abu Bakr bt Pir Noor Ali Shah 3-0 (walkover); Taha bin Karim bt Habib-ur-Rehman 3-1 (52-61, 58-52, 50-10, 55-42); M. Afsar bt Ibrahim Abdul Qadir 3-0 (walkover); Faizan Ali Butt bt Yasir Hussain 3-1 (89-0, 36-40, 57-9, 61-13); Ali Raza bt Mansoor 3-0 (61-34, 64-37, 49-14); M. Asif bt Ghaffar Shah 3-0 (walkover); Samiullah bt Mohd Mujeeb 3-1 (46-19, 66-59, 34-63, 64-37); Shahabuddin bt Ali Asghar Idrees 3-2 (39-47, 51-2, 59-20, 38-52, 49-17); Khalid Ahmed bt Nazim Aziz 3-2 (71-48, 39-78, 48-39, 31-43, 34-30); Haris Tariq Raja bt M. Shehroz Khan 3-0 (52-40, 72-42, 44-35); Qadir Ahmed bt Raza Ahmed (walkover); Hassan Ahmed bt Usman Sami Khan 3-2 (40-41, 54-60, 59-48, 53-49, 49-25); Khurram Ali bt Bilal Ali 3-1 (68-54, 30-79, 64-26, 49-35); Fasihuddin bt Rahil Umar (walkover); Jhony bt Zaman Ali Khan 3-1 (12-53, 54-20, 50-29, 68-36); M. Iftikhar bt Usman 3-1 (40-63, 66-20, 62-32, 63-7); Mohsin bt Meeshan Saleem 3-1 (70-22, 53-68, 58-12, 73-27); Arsalan bt Imtiaz 3-1 (16-58, 51-8, 51-19, 65-31); Touseef Ansari bt Hafiz M. Ali Jawed 3-0 (69-40, 104-24, 62-7).

Thursday’s fixtures: Matches start at 10am.