KARACHI: Sindh junior champion Mohammad Haris Nadeem and another junior cueist Mohammad Faheem continued their shining performanc by routing seeded cueists in the third ranking snooker cup at National Bank Sports Complex on Monday.

Haris, who shocked Shahram Changezi the other day, carved out an emphatic 4-1 victory over 14th ranked former world amateur snooker champion and veteran Mohammad Yousuf. He won the duel 43-49, 60-26, 69-27, 71-40, 61-52.

Faheem, who had sent Hamza Akbar packing on the opening day, got the better of 13th ranked Yasir Shehzad by the identical scoreline (72-2, 58-26, 68-3, 49-62, 71-12).

Meanwhile, Sindh’s Abdul Sattar hammered a splendid break of 106 in the first frame while defeating provincemate Mohammad Ishtiaq 4-1 whereas Hamza came up with a break of 110 in the seventh frame against Babar Masih in his 4-3 triumph.

Results:

Sultan Mohammad (Sindh) bt Zulfiqar A. Qadir (Sindh) 4-2 (63-15, 60-48, 0-63, 36-82, 55-17, 75-6); Aakash Rafique (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt Abdul Raheem (Punjab) 4-2 (81-12, 26-67, 68-62, 72-65, 43-51, 77-1); Mohammad Haris Nadeem (Sindh) bt Mohammad Yousuf (Punjab) 4-1 (43-49, 60-26, 69-27, 71-40, 61-52); Mohammad Faheem (Punjab) bt Yasir Shehzad (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 4-1 (72-2, 58-26, 68-3, 49-62, 71-12); Mohammad Majid Ali (Punjab) bt Mohammad Imran (Punjab) 4-2 (69-1, 6-59, 47-59, 65-49, 46-0, 1-0); Sohail Shehzad (Sindh) bt Abu Saim (Punjab) 4-0 (67-17, 96-4, 89-41, 95-41); Abdul Sattar (Sindh) bt Shahram Changezi (Islamabad) 4-3 (78-34, 25-80, 1-64, 21-82, 90-30, 74-64, 61-14); Mohammad Asif (Punjab) bt Hamza Akbar (Punjab) 4-3 (89-13, 0-76, 79-24, 61-38, 67-75, 45-77, 69-18); Mohammad Asif Toba (Punjab) bt Shahid Aftab (Punjab) 4-0 (66-13, 73-40, 63-14, 73-27); Mohammad Sajjad (Punjab) bt Rambel Gul (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 4-3 (17-70, 66-13, 13-60, 1-70, 64-11, 69-1, 66-5); Imran Shehzad (Punjab) bt Khurram Agha (Sindh) 4-3 (0-131, 76-45, 0-92, 64-33, 14-65, 67-44, 67-59); Mohammad Bilal (Punjab) bt Asjad Iqbal (Punjab) 4-1 (60-29, 36-67, 81-47, 79-0, 85-24); Mohammad Asif (Punjab) bt Mohammad Bilal (Punjab) 4-1 (12-109, 61-57, 51-33, 76-24, 75-39); Amir Tariq (Punjab) bt Sohail Shehzad (Sindh) 4-1 (67-31, 9-75, 57-23, 67-23, 67-54); Abdul Sattar (Sindh) bt Mohammad Ishtaiq (Sindh) 4-1 (107-8, 40-64, 62-21, 80-56, 92-14); Hamza Akbar (Punjab) bt Babar Masih (Punjab) 4-3 (46-73, 63-55, 66-54, 1-73, 41-93, 61-1, 112-4).

Tuesday’s fixtures:

At 10am: Sultan Mohammad v Mohammad Imran, Rambel Gul v Abdul Raheem, Khurram Agha v Mohammad Haris Nadeem, Mohammad Bilal v Mohammad Faheem.

At 12noon: Mohammad Majid Ali v Shahid Aftab, Sohail Shehzad v Aakash Rafique, Abdul Sattar v Mohammad Yousuf, Hamza Akbar v Yasir Shehzad.

At 2pm: Mohammad Asif Toba v Zulfiqar A Qadir, Mohammad Sajjad v Abu Saim, Imran Shehzad v Shahram Changezi, Asjad Iqbal v Mohammad Asif.

At 4pm: Aakash Rafique v Amir Tariq, Mohammad Yousuf v Mohammad Ishtiaq, Yasir Shehzad v Babar Masih.

Published in Dawn December 9th , 2014

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