KARACHI, Jan 4: Naveen Perwani, a former international and top seed, and qualifier A. Majid Anwar stormed into the final of 21st Sindh Snooker Cup winning their pre-finals in contrasting styles at the Indus Snooker Parlour on Friday.

Naveen, who finished runner-up in the league in his group with five wins out of seven games, was brilliant while registering 72-71, 55-75, 77-61, 59-27, 87-36, 89-30 victory over Uzair Aziz in the best of nine battle.

Majid, was however, extended to full distance by Khizar Aziz before winning 60-19, 4-60, 52-53, 69-39, 44-79, 22-75, 65-50, 68-27, 53-44.

The best of 11 frames final between Naveen and Majid will be played on Saturday at 11am.

Besides Naveen, other three seeded players — Mohammad Ishtiaq, Agha Bilawal and Farrukh Usman —failed to make it to the last four making room for qualifiers Majid, Uzair and Khizar.

Results: Semi-finals: Naveen Perwani bt Uzair Aziz 5-1 (72-71, 55-75, 77-61, 59-27, 87-36, 89-30); A. Majid Anwar bt Khizar Aziz 5-4 (60-19, 4-60, 52-53, 69-39, 44-79, 22-75, 65-50, 68-27, 53-44). Thursday’s league results: Naveen Perwani bt Jawaid Ansari 4-0 ((95-18, 89-14, 65-40, 99-0); Zulfiqar Qadir bt Farrukh Usman Brohi 4-3 (14-63, 64-37, 42-50, 21-64, 61-40, 85-22, 51-22); Khizar Aziz bt M. Faheem Siddiqui 4-1 (43-61, 70-16, 70-21, 71-41); M. Akmal bt M. Ishtiaq 4-0 (56-28, 58-17, 58-51, 84-52); Agha Bilawal bt A. Samad 4-1 (55-21, 59-26, 6-75, 54-44, 61-8); A. Majid Anwar bt Haris Nadeem 4-2 (29-63, 93-25, 80-39, 72-43, 33-69, 62-15); Uzair Aziz bt Minhas Malik 4-3 (27-80, 49-27, 70-12, 27-58, 35-56, 60-53, 61-32); Naveen Perwani bt Farrukh Usman Brohi 4-1 (59-30, 72-32, 55-63, 68-54, 61-19); Jawaid Ansari bt Zulfiqar Qadir 4-3 (14-53, 64-45, 28-68, 62-22, 65-50, 39-81, 57-52); Khizar Aziz bt Tahir Majeed 4-2 (42-60, 65-8, 63-53, 81-31, 45-53, 76-30); Agha Bilawal bt M. Ishtiaq 4-1 (44-80, 71-50, 74-0, 68-45, 66-30); M. Akmal bt A. Samad 4-0 (63-39, 71-29, 65-21, 63-47); A. Majid Anwar bt Minhas Malik 4-0 (70-38, 56-33, 62-22, 79-31); Uzair Aziz bt Haris Nadeem 4-2 (48-69, 61-1, 63-35, 74-32, 13-61, 72-14).—Sports Correspondent

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