KARACHI, Feb 2: Sixteen players have stormed into second round of the Sindh Junior Cup snooker tournament which commenced at Aly’s snooker parlour the other day. They have joined as many seeded cueists who were directly placed in the second round.

The top eight (quarter-finalists) will qualify for the National junior snooker championship which runs at Karachi Club from Feb 22 to 27.

Results:

Ali Imtiaz bt Vijay Wasvani 3-2 (58-7, 23-62, 86-10, 42-55, 44-25); Hasan Mairaj bt Umair Ahmed 3-1 (34-49, 75-21, 54-32, 70-26); Abdul Rehman bt Mohammad Ibrahim 3-0 (47-43, 47-33, 52-8); Salman Ahmed bt Haris Ali 3-0 (50-14, 70-38, 54-35); Hammad Shaikh bt Bilal Ahmed 3-0 (41-17, 59-19, 70-40); Asadullah Rogattia bt Siddiq Ashraf 3-1 (47-40, 66-37, 28-57, 67-59); Zaid bt Manoj Wajwani 3-0 (42-36, 39-26, 54-43).

Sunday’s results:

Mohammad Rameez bt Johny 3-0 (63-53, 48-37, 41-26); Mohammad Sulaiman bt Naeemul Haq 3-1 (40-60, 67-51, 84-22, 76-37); Muneeb Khan bt Talha Rafiq 3-2 (51-45, 39-55, 37-46, 48-18, 51-32); Noman Usman bt Uzair Ali Imran 3-1 (60-14, 61-52, 61-64, 55-43); Mohammad Arsalan bt Mohammad Shabbir 3-0 (43-23, 49-21, 63-57); Mustafa Qayoom bt Mohammad Bilal 3-1 (64-40, 85-55, 40-57, 49-37); Shahbaz bt Asad H. Kamani 3-1 (57-24, 41-32, 47-52, 63-23).

Second round matches starts at 1.00pm.