KARACHI, Dec 8 Ahsan Butt subdued Adnan Arif 3-2 in the fully stretched battle to storm into the pre quarter-finals of the third Sindh Junior Cup snooker tournament phase II at the Aly's Snooker Parlour on Tuesday.

He conceded the third and fourth frames after securing 2-0 lead only to recover and clinch the decider. The scores were 68-28, 72-58, 46-70, 16-43, 49-35.

He was joined by 15 other players in the last 16 who also got the better of their opponents in the second round.

Forty eight players have entered in the knockout contest which concludes on Friday. Top eight players will join as many cueists in the 16-man league which will be played next month. The eight players have qualified for the league from the phase I held in June.

The top eight players of the league will represent Sindh in the third Juniors National Snooker championship early next year.

Results

Danial Adil bt Bilal 3-0 (42-17, 52-29, 60-13); Harris Nadeem bt Owais Siddiqui 3-0 (89-17, 68-19, 76-10); Abdullah bt Owais 3-0 (42-19, 32-8, 52-24); Shahbaz bt Zain 3-0 (46-21, 68-13, 46-17); Ahsan Raza bt Shahzaib 3-1 (44-30, 38-27, 23-70, 40-27); Rizwan bt Talha Qureshi 3-1 (40-34, 14-93, 52-37, 75-11); Safwan bt Omer 3-1 (38-20, 17-40, 42-35, 50-30); Taha Karim bt Zohaib 3-1 (77-44, 80-50, 31-50, 68-26); Siddiq Ashraf bt Osama 3-1 (63-9, 33-14, 59-62, 85-19); Khizer bt Ahsan-ul-Haq 3-1 (40-20, 42-38, 14-22, 38-19); Johny bt Omer 3-0 (33-20, 37-22, 45-19); Mohammad Asim bt Junaid 3-0 (42-15, 33-20, 49-22); Arbaz bt Adnan Abbasi 3-0 (42-15, 48-2, 50-22); Ahsan Butt bt Adnan Arif 3-2 (68-28, 72-58, 46-70, 16-43, 49-35); Mustafa Qayyum bt Uzair 3-0 (48-12, 52-19, 66-5); Murtaza Iqbal bt Rafey 3-0 (42-19, 52-12, 45-35).

Monday's results

Danial Adil bt Zahid 3-0 (66-12, 56-20, 42-19); Owais Siddiqui bt Tariq 3-0 (42-8, 52-19, 47-18); Abdullah bt Babar Ashraf 3-0 (57-39, 82-27, 42-24); Zain bt Shoaib 3-0 (37-27, 48-19, 52-8); Shahzaib bt Bilal 3-0 (42-39, 60-12, 38-33); Rizwan bt Sajid Wali 3-0 (42-9, 52-17, 44-24); Omer bt Naveed Khan 3-2 (23-60, 43-33, 69-22, 59-77, 83-59); Zohaib bt Danish Jahangir 3-0 (56-40, 51-45, 93-27); Syed Osama bt Sadaat 3-1 (54-9, 29-52, 55-14, 56-20); Khizer walkover Fahad Khan; Johny bt Mohammad Fakeem 3-0 (72-32, 58-28, 65-11); Mohammad Asim bt Kashif 3-0 (29-12, 42-20, 55-13); Adnan Abbasi bt Zain 3-0 (42-33, 41-13, 66-56); Ahsan Butt bt Faizan Siddiq 3-0 (43-38, 48-23, 56-35); Mustafa Qayyum bt Mohammad Tanvir 3-0 (40-17, 61-10, 84-20); Rafey bt Shahrukh Sohail 3-1 (60-39, 17-47, 60-11, 43-34).

Wednesday's fixtures

Pre quarter-finals at 10.00am