KARACHI, Nov 13 Spirited Pakistan stormed into the quarter-finals of the Asian Games snooker team event inflicting 3-1 defeat on Hong Kong in Guangzhou on Saturday.

According to results made available here, Shahram Changezi was instrumental in Pakistan's triumph against Hong Kong winning opening and reverse singles.

Earlier, Pakistan thrashed Kuwait 3-0 in the preliminary round played in the morning. Pakistan is now drawn to meet Iraq in the quarter-final on Sunday.

Results
Preliminary round

Pakistan bt Kuwait 3-0.
Singles Imran Shahzad bt Ahmad Al Tarkait 86-54; Sohail Shahzad bt Meqdad Taqi 85-13.
Doubles Imran Shahzad and Sohail Shahzad bt Ahmed Al Tarkait and Meqdad Taqi 73-18.

Pre quarter-final

Pakistan bt Hong Kong 3-1
Singles Shahram Changezi bt Fung Kwok Wai 75-34; Imran Shahzad lost to Marco Fu 22-77.
Doubles Imran Shahzad and Sohail Shahzad bt Marco Fu and Chan Kwok Ming 69-10.
Reverse singles Shahram Changezi bt Marco Fu 60-38.

Sunday's fixtures

Pakistan v Iraq (quarter-final)