KARACHI: The trio of Asjad Iqbal, Babar Masih and Mohammad Bilal stormed into the knockout pre-quarterfinals of the Asian Confederation of Billiards Sports (ACBS) 6-Reds Snooker Championship at Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on Friday.

The fate of national champion Mohammad Sajjad will be decided after his last group match slated against Kanibek Sagynbaev of Kyrgyzstan on Saturday, according to information reaching here.

Asjad is the only Pakistani cueist who remained undefeated, winning all his four groups matches. Babar had won three and lost one while former national champion Bilal conjured up victories in two matches besides losing one. His group comprised four players.

Sajjad, meanwhile, has failed to find his touch losing two matches and winning one played so far.

Results:

Babar Masih bt Ahmed Aseeri (Saudi Arabia) 5-1 (42-30, 54-5, 46-15, 40-20, 34-46, 34-7); Omer Alajlani (Saudi Arabia) bt Mohammad Bilal 5-4 (40-37, 16-36, 47-23, 47-8, 17-37, 9-41, 18-41, 44-8, 37-23); Mohammed Al Joaker (UAE) bt Mohammad Sajjad 5-3 (43-8, 1-43, 30-20, 12-37, 47-0, 40-7, 29-31, 48-46); Asjad Iqbal bt Pushpender Singh (India) 5-3 (46-8, 48-12, 42-23, 12-42, 32-38, 44-32, 28-38, 37-3); Lee Chun Wai (Hong Kong) bt Babar Masih 5-4 (54-12, 8-58, 9-44, 0-47, 35-1, 24-35, 57-0, 41-17, 40-34); Mohammad Bilal bt Amir Sarkhosh (Iran) 5-4 (62-0, 4-38, 21-33, 15-47, 46-0, 20-45, 33-20, 40-13, 36-12); Asjad Iqbal bt Shakirzhan Fazylov (Kazakhstan) 5-0 (66-0,40-8, 67-0, 44-0, 46-1).

Thursday’s results:

Babar Masih bt Izadbek Radbekov (Kyrgyzstan) 5-1 (12-47, 43-25, 48-13, 54-7, 48-14, 46-7); Mohammad Sajjad bt Mohammad Lababi (Iran) 5-1 (68-0, 36-5, 21-36, 66-0, 40-0, 51-3); Asjad Iqbal bt Shairbek Mamatoktorov (Kyrgyzstan) 5-0 (1-0, 38-0, 74-5, 35-2, 32-5); Babar Masih bt Ibrahim Adel (Iraq) 5-0 45-5, 53-6, 53-0, 60-0, 35-10); Mohammad Bilal bt Boston Iskender Uulu (Kyrgyzstan) 5-2 (58-1, 25-30, 40-0, 60-0, 27-41, 43-0, 42-7); Fung Kwok Wai (Hong Kong) bt Mohammad Sajjad 5-4 (40-21, 50-9, 0-37, 29-37, 7-58, 50-0, 27-10, 0-67, 56-34); Asjad Iqbal bt Khamis Alobaidli (Qatar) 5-1 (33-16, 34-20, 33-38, 69-4, 40-15, 47-0).

Published in Dawn, July 1st, 2017