KARACHI: There were mixed fortunes for Hyderabad players as two of them surged into the third round of the 22nd Sindh Cup Snooker at a local parlour on Friday.

The two who crossed yet another hurdle include Junaid Sheikh and Taufiq Memon as their three colleagues Mani Memon, Bilal Pandhiani and Umer Memon were eliminated in the second round.

Junaid inflicted 57-42, 57-15, 68-60 defeat on Arif Khan while Taufiq trounced Khurram Memon 59-16, 41-34, 66-54. Of the 192 who entered in the contest barring top 16 players, 64 were eliminated in the first round leaving 128 in fray.

Results:

First round: Yasir bt M. Shahbaz Alam 3-0 (74-7, 73-43, 67-23); Manzoor Alam bt Shahrukh Ahmed 3-0 (walkover); Fahim Raza bt Minhaj Shabbir 3-0 (47-25, 60-30, 75-46); Saeed Rasool Afridi bt M. Adil Sheikh 3-2 (55-44, 51-28, 34-78, 28-40, 42-38); M. Ubaid Wajid bt Kamran Ahmed 3-2 (50-57, 69-6, 53-27, 77-89, 43-25); Faisal Rana bt Habeebullah 3-0 (51-44, 56-35, 100-53); Shahbaz Salamuddin bt M. Waqar Malik 3-0 (64-30, 55-16, 67-35); Noman Najeeb bt M. Bilal Farooq 3-2 (74-26, 63-25, 47-60, 61-67, 76-48);

Second round: Junaid Sheikh (Hyderabad) bt Arif Khan 3-0 (57-42, 57-15, 68-60); Naseem Paracha bt Ahsan Siddiqui 3-0; (64-21, 67-27, 62-17); Khurram Masih bt Mani Memon (Hyderabad) 3-0 (89-3, 73-21, 56-21); Hafiz Ibrahim bt Furqan Hussain 3-2 (53-41, 62-66, 48-62, 65-61, 64-28); Nadir Shah bt Bilal Pandhiani (Hyderabad) 3-2 (60-47, 43-29, 11-57, 45-89, 61-41); Taufiq Memon (Hyderabad) bt Khurram Khan 3-0 (59-16, 41-34, 66-54); Arshad Dheli bt Umar Memon (Hyderabad) 3-2 (9-90, 24-66, 69-56, 61-31, 61-27); Abdul Samad bt Ashraf Ali 3-1 (30-53, 76-30, 42-41, 71-31); Ahmed Imam bt Syed Hussain Shah 3-0 (58-49, 103-64, 48-42); M. Ayaz bt M. Fahad Khan 3-2 (58-28, 18-68, 55-52, 52-62, 57-25); M. Yasin Khan bt Farzad Vatcha 3-2 (43-49, 52-25, 22-54, 59-49, 89-37); M. Faizan bt Saleem Sohani 3-0 (66-16, 85-33, 71-24); Shahzaib bt Umair-ud-Din 3-0 (50-8, 53-26, 67-22); Dilawar Khan bt Amir Ahmed 3-1 (63-49, 53-41, 31-58, 91-57); M. Nabeel Akram bt M. Tahir 3-1 (57-33, 22-56, 56-42, 39-34); Naimul Naseem bt Abu Bakr 3-1 (62-21, 22-30, 86-26, 73-12); Taha bin Karim bt Fareed Tayyab 3-2 (59-33, 40-72, 38-66, 63-31, 55-53); M. Afsar bt Rafiq Khan 3-2 (62-35, 47-65, 79-35, 12-67, 57-47); Salman Sheikh bt Faizan Ali Butt 3-0 (73-10, 65-17, 54-15).

Saturday’s fixtures: Matches start at 10am.