KARACHI: Former champion Faizan stormed into second Sindh Snooker Cup final of his career when he accounted for Ali Hamza 5-2 in the first semi-final of the ongoing 29th edition of the event at a local parlour on Saturday.

He will face the winner of second semi-final that was underway between Sultan Mohammad and Farrukh Usman at the time of filing this report.

The best-of-11 final will be played on Sunday at 10am.

Faizan, who won the title in 2015, lost two frames to post exciting 60-8, 56-50, 102-0, 54-63, 76-34, 43-51, 60-26 victory.

Earlier, Faizan carved out 5-1 victory over Hyderabad’s Taufiq Memon in the last-eight with scores being 0-1, 62-38, 55-43, 62-36, 78-13, 65-38.

Another Hyderabad player Umer Memon went down 3-5 to Ali Hamza in the quarters.

Umer had sneaked into the last eight defeating former champion Abdul Sattar 5-4 in the agonising pre quarter-final on Friday evening.

Results:

Remaining round-of-16: Taufiq Memon bt Ian Mark John 52-81, 69-1, 43-67, 36-71, 69-41, 17-67, 76-43, 65-22, 74-4; Umer Memon bt Abdul Sattar 15-54, 44-70, 69-44, 99-63, 31-65, 72-65, 70-30, 8-71, 75-62.

Quarter-finals: Sultan Mohammad bt Jawed Ansari 86-8, 51-53, 29-64, 58-1, 59-19, 78-8, 1-57, 101-1; Farrukh Usman bt Iftekhar Khan 40-60, 33-53, 43-64, 64-75, 61-30, 59-24, 53-25, 39-34, 50-36; Faizan Ahmed bt Taufiq Memon 0-1, 62-38, 55-43, 62-36, 78-13, 65-38; Ali Hamza bt Umer Memon 74-26, 2-66, 16-65, 61-18, 43-63, 71-35, 61-36, 63-51.Semi-finals: Faizan Ahmed bt Ali Hamza 60-8, 56-50, 102-0, 54-63, 76-34, 43-51, 60-26.

Published in Dawn, July 11th, 2021