KARACHI, Jan 12: Ahmer Shaikh notched-up a thrilling 3-2 win over Julius Pinto to move into the knock-out round of Sindh Cup snooker championship at Indus Club Saturday.

Ahmer lost the first two frames 44-48, 48-60. However showing superb potting and positional play he won the next three frames 56-55, 48-39, 58-35 to qualify for the next stage.

Najam-ur-Rehman smashed the breaks of 52 and 49 in the first two frames in his 3-0 triumph against Ahad Ali Shah. Following are the results of 3rd round. Asim Chishtie bt Zakir Hussain 3-0, Naeem Bakhsh bt Javed Memon 3-0, Faisal Abrar bt Asif Moti 3-0, Muzamil Dad bt Areeb Shaikh 3-0, Muhammad Baqar bt Faheem Khan 3-1, Iftikhar Ahmed bt Azhar 3-1, M.Amin bt Hussain Shah 3-1, Ahmer Siddiqui bt Farrukh Ghani 3-0, Muhammad Munjee bt Khaliq-ur-Rehman 3-2, Rehan Fazil bt Arshad Dar 3-1, S.A.R.Qadri bt Waqas Burki 3-2, Mohsin Raza bt Sheraz Ahmed 3-1, Najam-u-Rehman bt Ahad Ali Khan 3-0 (52-1, 49- 2), Babar Qayyum bt Kamran Razzaq 3-2, Danish Karim bt Khurram Rehman 3-1, Ahmer Shaikh bt Julius Pinto 3-2, Noor Ali Shah bt Sheraz Shaikh 3-0.—APP