KARACHI, Dec 5: Hasan Fayyaz caused a surprise in the 8th Karachi Club (KC) Open Snooker Tournament by beating Abdul Samad Zindani in straight frames at KC Billiards Hall on Thursday.

Hasan looked in fine cue control while downing veteran Zindani.

The event will be played in two phases. Top eight players to emerge from the first phase will join Pakistan’s top eight in Rs75,000 tournament which will be played from Dec 10 to 15.

Last year’s first winner Qasim Kamani launched his campaign in a superb fashion handing out a 3-0 defeat to Ali Midget.

World Championship runner-up Saleh Muhammad won the main event last year by beating Khurram Agha.

Results

Huzaifa Mushtaq bt Azeem Yousuf 3-0, Qasim Kamani bt Ali Midget 3-1, Naresh Kumar bt Hafeez Gaziani 3-1, Baqar Kamani bt Ali Murtuza 3-1, Ahmed Saleem bt Shabbir Daruwala 3-0, Sanjay Parwani bt Imran Hunaini 3-1, Bharat Satiani walkover Shahnawaz, Hasan Fayyaz bt Samad Zindani 3-0.—APP