KARACHI, Dec 25: The third round of the 21st Sindh Snooker Cup gets into action at a local parlour on Wednesday with 64 cueists vying for honours in the knockout matches.

Two more rounds will be played later and the top eight will qualify for the final league where they will be joined by eight seeded cueists who were exempted from knockout stage.

Results:

Second round: Ghayas Malik bt Abdullah Noman 3-2 (50-51, 50-45, 71-34, 17-64, 52-5); Malik Waqas bt Maqsood Majeed 3-1 (47-46, 56-28, 54-78, 56-24); M. Ali bt Jibran Ahmed 3-0 (61-20, 95-38, 59-11); M. Fahad Khan bt M. Khalid 3-1 (33-58, 56-42, 64-20, 67-8); Salim Sohani bt Shairi Mudassir 3-1 (39-59, 52-19, 71-38, 65-26); Zeeshan Abbas bt Owais Siddiqui 3-1 (34-66, 60-51, 50-30, 66-8); Jamal Ahmed bt Noman Najeeb 3-1 (31-59, 58-21, 62-11, 61-15); Uzair Aziz bt Maaz Shaikh 3-2 (53-18, 31-53, 45-68, 52-30, 63-45); M. Akhlas bt Mehboob Shah 3-1 (54-7, 59-2, 54-68, 59-29); M. Asad bt Babar Rafiq 3-1 (102-59, 51-8, 38-57, 62-27); Nabeel bt Moiz Amwani 3-1 (31-73, 58-66, 67-18, 64-29); Noor Shah bt M. Nadeem 3-0 (62-52, 89-5, 65-25); S. Nadir Shah bt S. Asad Ali Shah 3-0 (69-59, 65-35, 64-14); M. Nabeel Akram bt Asif Abbas 3-0 (47-36, 66-31, 56-37); Shahzad Naseem bt Habib Ahmed 3-1 (56-26, 30-70, 61-30, 56-49); Ahsan Butt bt Moin 3-1 (45-20, 62-33, 53-73, 55-20).

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