KARACHI, Feb 9 Top two seeds surged ahead in the 18th Sindh Cup snooker contest, registering convincing victories over their opponents at a local parlour on Tuesday.

Top seed Javed Ansari thrashed Mohammad Baqar 52-44, 72-21, 62-16 while second seed Kamran Razzak was home 60-21, 71-55, 68-33 over Umair Alam.

Results

Javed Ansari bt Mohammad Baqar 3-0 (52-44, 72-21, 62-16); Kamran Razzaq bt Rafiq Khan 3-0 (60-21, 71-55, 68-33); Umair Alam bt Mukhtar Khan 3-1 (33-63, 70-0, 66-38, 56-49); Mohammad Faizan bt Shadab Baig 3-0 (72-51, 75-52, 76-48); Abdul Sattar bt Najamur Rehman 3-1 (72-60, 75-69, 22-76, 71-33); Maisam Zaidi bt Irfan Rasheed Khan 3-1 (63-11, 62-7, 36-69, 65-17); Naseem Paracha bt Kashan (walkover); Faisal Kashmiri bt S. S. Shahani 3-1 (6-66, 64-21, 74-35, 90-0); Minhas Malik bt Arif Rasheed 3-2 (35-63, 62-34, 51-70, 65-25, 65-30); Danish Baig bt Salman Shaikh 3-1 (42-72, 77-44, 57-39, 77-14); Ali Zaidi bt Babar Rafiq 3-1 (103-26, 32-60, 64-24, 79-16); Waqas Malik bt Azeem Yousuf 3-2 (23-64, 62-54, 38-69, 65-57, 80-27); Danish Karim bt Arsalan Waseem 3-0 (59-18, 55-36, 64-48); Mohammad Akmal bt Abdul Rehman junior 3-0 (53-21, 64-33, 72-21); Kashif Alam bt Yasir Khan 3-2 (72-30, 41-69, 72-33, 42-86, 83-82).

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