Muhammad Sajjad kept his chances alive of a place in the knockout stage with a win over Joaker. - File Photo
KARACHI Pakistan number one Muhammad Sajjad kept his chances alive for a place in the knock-out stage of Sangsom 6-Red World Snooker Championship at Bangkok,Thailand on Wednesday when he out-potted Muhammad Al Joaker of United Arab Emirates (UAE) 5-1.

 

Sargodha based Sajjad, who lost in the final of the Asian championship a few months ago in Thailand, dropped the second frame before thrashing Joaker 61-0, 9-56, 30-17, 43-19, 33-1, 30-8.

 

Earlier on Tuesday evening Barry Hawkins of England recovered after losing the opening frame to beat Sajjad 0-68, 59-0, 57-1, 37-25, 32-1, 73-0, 48-0.

 

Sajjad had won two matches, lost as many and will meet Liu Chung of China in the last league decider later in the evening. - APP

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