Exciting triumph for Ali Shah

Published January 11, 2002

KARACHI, Jan 10 - Ali Shah Sikander fought from 0-2 down to defeat Naseer Abbas in the second round of Sindh Cup snooker qualifying stage at Indus Club, Bahaduraba, Thursday.

Shah made a sluggish start as he dropped the first two frames but raced to victory by wrapping up the next three in a row to stun his opponent.

Zakir Hussain also recovered from 1-2 deficit to overpower Sunny Waswani 3-2.

Muhammad Munjee registered the break of 41 in the final frame in his 3-1 triumph against Arshadullah Khan 3-1.

Following are the results of the seconnd round:

Muhammad Amin bt Muhammad Jamshed 3-1, Muhammad Munjee bt Arshadullah Khan 3-1, Arshad Dar beat Imran Khan 3-1, Baqar Qayyum bt Faheem Ahmed 3-1, Zakir Hussain bt Sunny Waswani 3-2, Moazzam Awan bt Sohail Aslam 3-2, Bilal Siddiqui bt Imran Khan 3-1, Jamal Ahmed bt Muhammad Asim 3-0, Irfan Cheema bt Rehan Salim 3-0, Tauseef Khoja bt Yousuf Mian 3-0, Asad Azeem bt Naveed Latif 3-1, Huzifa Mushtaq bt Jahanzeb Khanzada 3-2, Hyder Ali Khan bt Jibran Rana 3-2, Muhammad Riaz bt Syed Muhammad Ali 3-1, Gul Zada bt Ehsan Raza 3-2, Imran Yousuf bt Muhammad Sabir 3-0. Naveed Ahmed bt Qasim Ali Shah 3-0, Ali Shah Sikander bt Naseer Abbas 3-2.—APP

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