Qasim sails into last-8

Published November 27, 2005

KARACHI, Nov 26: Teenager Qasim Kamani, with a break of 90, handed out a 3-0 defeat to Hafeez Ghaziani to advance to the quarterfinals of Karachi Club Open snooker championship at Amir Bakhsh Billiards Hall on Friday.

Qasim carved out the break in the opening frame and wrapped up the match in style by picking the next two frames with ease.

Asim Ghani continued his victory march when he overpowered Kashif Jafrani in fully extended five frames 3-2. Asim won 51-63, 29-59, 72-65, 54-22, 75-38.

Dileep Perwani, Ahad Ali Khan, Farhan Idrees, Bharat Sitaiani and Anil Bherwani also secured berths in the last eight.

Results: Dileep Perwani bt Baqar Kamani 3-1, Farhan Lakhani bt Idrees Saifi 3-0, Ahad Ali Khan bt Azdiar Mobed 3-1, Asim Ghani bt Kashif Jafrani 3-2, Farhan Idrees bt Sohail Yaqoob 3-0, Bharat Sitiani bt Nisar Bhagat 3-0, Anil Bherwani bt Syed Asif Ahmed 3-0, Qasim Kamani bt Hafeez Ghazaini 3-0.—APP

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