KARACHI: The 22nd Sindh Cup Snooker entered the fourth and last knockout round at a local parlour on Monday with 32 cueists vying for 16 slots in the league.

To be played on best of seven, the fourth round winners will join the 16 seeded cueists who were exempted from appearing the knockout stage. The league begins from Wednesday.

Results:

Third round:

M. Afsar bt Taha bin Karim 3-2 (41-71, 31-59, 65-7, 71-28, 60-26); Salman Sheikh bt Afsar-ul-Huda 3-1 (33-44, 68-35, 76-8, 74-4); Mirza Shadab Baig bt Zaid Pervaiz 3-1 (55-32, 69-9, 41-67, 50-37); Syed M. Ali bt Ian Mark John 3-1 (62-36, 64-31, 33-46, 59-53); Syed Meesam Zaidi bt Haris Tariq Raja 3-2 (72-6, 23-64, 36-92, 64-52, 45-9); Sheraz Maqbool bt Ahsan Butt 3-2 (60-42, 44-40, 22-65, 29-65, 73-43); Faisal Kashmiri bt Tanveer Ahmed 3-2 (2-64, 28-83, 62-9, 60-31, 54-39); Kamran Razzak bt Mohsin 3-0 (73-0, 93-0, 45-37); M. Shahbaz bt M. Shabbir 3-0 (79-28, 76-42, 99-60); Shariq Ali bt Babar Rafiq 3-1 (87-21, 37-82, 53-19, 58-31); Rizwan Hashmi bt Ahsan-ul-Haq 3-1 (78-4, 60-11, 53-61, 68-41); Khurram Masih bt Naseem Paracha 3-0 (68-15, 64-63, 48-24); Adnan Ali Abbasi bt Shahzad Naseem 3-0 (78-28, 54-44, 51-23); Tariq Ameen bt Kashif Khan 3-2 (59-38, 32-58, 15-76, 75-64, 71-51); Noor Ali Shah Bangash bt Hafiz Ibrahim 3-1 (60-23, 35-72, 62-34, 51-13); Nadir Shah bt M. Akhlas 3-0 (45-6, 54-7, 53-36); Malik Waqas bt Bilal Ahmed 3-0 (walkover); Danish Haroon bt Jamal Ahmed 3-0 (71-7, 80-2, 72-10); Taufiq Memon (Hydrabad) bt Sufiyan Butt 3-1 (63-35, 42-65, 47-40, 88-8); Zeeshan Abbas bt Jamal Ahmed 3-1 (64-44, 50-41, 20-60, 62-50); Arshad Dheli bt Faisal Patni 3-1 (68-24, 30-43, 69-36, 60-15); S.S Shahani bt Kashif Saleem 3-2 (20-63, 103-73, 33-54, 54-50, 60-22); Akbar Shah bt Iqbal C. Memon 3-0 (51-21, 65-35, 69-54); Asif Moti bt Fayyaz Ahmed 3-2 (78-88, 56-65, 65-36, 77-61, 66-22); Abdullah Noman bt Fahim Raza 3-2 (69-53, 46-38, 43-70, 37-57, 66-56); Anil John bt Areeb Sheikh 3-0 (70-66, 60-45, 78-40); Ameer Jan bt Muzammil Dad 3-1 (64-34, 54-42, 8-77, 60-31).

Tuesday’s fixtures: Matches start at 10am.

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