KARACHI, Dec 24: M. Afsar chalked up a crushing 3-0 victory over Shiraz Khan to surge into third round of the 21st Sindh Snooker Cup at a local parlour on Monday.

Afsar was home 47-3, 55-46, 89-18.

Results:

Second round: M. Afsar bt Shiraz Khan 3-0 (47-3, 55-46, 89-18); M. Haris Nadeem bt Zeshan Malik 3-0 (50-19, 57-16, 73-22); Shair Qadir bt Mansoor Ahmed 3-0 (58-54, 59-39, 52-22); Mohsin Raza bt A. Ghaffar 3-0 (46-36, 35-21, 57-24); S. M. Ali Zaidi bt Tahir Ali 3-0 (75-40, 75-65, 92-57); Shahdab Baig bt M. Raheel 3-1 (69-58, 35-44, 68-20, 64-21); M. Jamshed bt Fasih Khan 3-0 (61-1, 72-33, 70-21); Khizar Aziz bt Adnan Khan 3-1 (45-53, 69-25, 66-33, 59-9); Fayyaz Ali bt Bilal Asgar 3-1 (36-56, 69-44, 65-14, 66-32); Rizwan Hashmi bt Naveed Ahmed 3-0 (64-11, 49-14, 64-21); Fahad Ahmed bt Zaid Perwez 3-0 (55-45, 51-38, 47-8); Ian Mark John bt Zain Moti 3-1 (35-60, 64-26, 44-10, 45-24); Minhas Malik bt Naeem Butt 3-0 (77-16, 77-17, 64-16).

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