KARACHI: Former Sindh champions Sohail Shehzad, Abdul Sattar and Agha Bilawal registered second successive victories to ensure a berth in the last-16 round of the 29th Sindh Snooker Cup here at a local parlour on Wednesday.

Sohail brushed aside Rizwan Abbas 4-1 (77-36, 92-33, 39-47, 73-19, 79-11). Similarly Sattar outplayed veteran Mohammad Yousuf 4-1 (117-9, 51-64, 90-28, 91-1, 114-1) and Bilawal subdued Hunain Memon 4-2 (83-52, 56-39, 23-66, 27-86, 73-38, 48-42).

Meanwhile, another former Sindh champion Jawed Ansari who lost his first match the other day, made the amends when he prevailed over Sheroz Zameer 67-57, 60-0, 64-20, 72-20.

With back-to-back defeats, Yousuf is out of reckoning from the race.

The league concludes on Thursday and will be followed by the knockout round.

Results:

Second round league:

Mohammad Ali bt Kashif Khan 22-66, 43-60, 68-32, 70-56, 83-16, 71-33; Fahad Khan bt M. Shahbaz 103-1, 48-59, 60-35, 38-64, 23-74, 81-44, 108-8; Sohail Shehzad bt Rizwan Abbas 77-36, 92-33, 39-47, 73-19, 79-11; Naimul Naseer bt Mohammad Rizwan Hashmi 55-41, 57-25, 60-47, 52-77, 55-57, 54-15; Umer Butt bt Nadir Shah walkover; Ian Mark John bt Farrukh Usman 85-28, 51-59, 81-18, 54-48, 77-17; Ali Raza bt Taufeeq Memon 1-66, 65-50, 47-40, 68-24, 50-70, 21-61, 69-28; Shariq Ali bt Farooq Ansari 42-50, 64-14, 45-26, 67-25, 51-42; Abdul Sattar bt Mohammad Yousuf 117-9, 51-64, 90-28, 91-1, 114-1; Iftekhar Khan bt Umer Ismail 61-50, 67-28, 74-6, 64-49; Agha Bilawal bt Hunain Memon 83-52, 56-39, 23-66, 27-86, 73-38, 48-42; Umer Memon bt Umer Mushtaq 38-48, 59-2, 72-42, 61-11, 49-39; Sultan Mohammad bt Ali Hamza 72-4, 95-8, 5-77, 76-40, 71-6; M. Jawed Ansari bt Sheroz Zameer 67-57, 60-0, 64-20, 72-20; Faizan Ahmed bt M. Zakir 62-28, 60-28, 58-46, 48-41.

Published in Dawn, July 8th, 2021