KARACHI: Two former Sindh champions — Sohail Shehzad and Agha Bilawal — made unceremonious exits when they lost to their respective opponents in the pre-quarterfinals of the 29th Sindh Snooker Cup here at a local parlour on Friday.

Two-time former champion Sohail who is the bronze medallist of the Guangzhou Asian Games men’s team event, suffered a 5-2 defeat at the hands of low-profile Ali Hamza to crash out of the race. Hamza was home 71-33, 64-32, 41-86, 2-65, 50-19, 57-33, 65-18.

Agha, another former provincial champion, lost by identical scoreline of 5-2 to seasoned Sultan Mohammad. Sultan won his pre-quarterfinal 5-59, 89-64, 64-24, 44-23, 70-25, 22-62, 49-48.

The quartet of Jawed Ansari, Farrukh Usman, Iftekhar Khan and Faizan Ahmed have reached the last-eight phase.

At the time of filing this report at 8:00pm, two matches — Ian Mark John vs Taufiq Memon and Abdul Sattar vs Umer Memon — were in progress.

Results:

Pre-quarterfinals: Sultan Mohammad bt Agha Bilawal 5-59, 89-64, 64-24, 44-23, 70-25, 22-62, 49-48; Jawed Ansari bt Mohammad Ali 82-29, 19-62, 65-36, 48-64, 22-80, 48-27, 63-25, 56-49; Farrukh Usman bt Ali Raza 73-1, 72-13, 36-74, 63-47, 53-44, 59-28; Iftekhar Khan bt Naimul Naseer 69-56, 42-58, 71-18, 80-31, 59-6, 35-57, 57-43; Faizan Ahmed bt Kashif Khan 62-33, 18-55, 44-28, 52-43, 65-0, 58-43; Ali Hamza bt Sohail Shehzad 71-33, 64-32, 41-86, 2-65, 50-19, 57-33, 65-18.

Saturday’s fixtures:

Quarter-finals start at 9:30am; semi-finals at 2:00pm.

Published in Dawn, July 10th, 2021