KARACHI, Jan 8: Ajay Bherwani fought-back from 1-2 down to defeat Khurram Jahangir 3-2 in the first round of Sindh Open Snooker qualifying rounds at Indus Club Bahadurabad Tuesday.
Teenager Ajay, brother of Pakistan’s national ranking cueist, Aneel Bherwani pocketed the opening frame but his opponent took the next two to gain 2-1 advantage.
But Ajay showing fighting qualities took the next two frames after keen contest to record a thrilling victory.
Ghulam Nabi smashed a brilliant break of 84 in his victory over Qasim 3-2.
The following were the results:
Imran Khan bt Asif Memon 3-1, Waqar Burki bt Naeem Khanzada 3-1, Sultan Saleem bt Shazad Samad 3-0, Aamir Haroon bt Umair Alam 3-1, S.A.R.Qadri bt Ali Raza 3-0, Mohsin Raza bt Zainul-Abideen 3-1, Ghulam Nabi bt Syed Mahboob Shah 3-0, Sheraz Ahmed bt Baqar Kamani 3-2, Danish Habib bt Naeem Qadir 3-1, Ajay Bherwani bt Khurrum Jahangir 3-2, Danish Karim bt Hamid Khan 3-0, Faraz Anwar bt Ahmed Waqar 3-2, Saqib Shabbir bt Iftikhar Qureshi 3-1, Khurram Rehman bt az Shaikh bt Abdul Waheed 3-1, Fahim Raza bt Saqib Younis 3-2, Noor Ali Shah bt Muzaffar Ali 3-0, Najmur Rehman bt Muhammad Saif Hai 3-0, Ahad Ali Khan bt Capt Muhammad Abid 3-0.
PESHAWAR: The 10th edition of the Frontier Cup Snooker Championship got under way Tuesday at the indoor hall of the Green Snooker Club here with almost 100 players participating from around the country.
A total of 19 matches were decided on the opening day with all seeding players through to next round without facing any hardship against their respective rivals.
Result:
Pervaiz bt Alam Badshah; Jaffar Khan bt Ibrahim, Liaqat Ali bt Aziz, Fahad Mehmood bt Danial, Khalid Sultan bt Javed Aqil, Muhammad Ali bt Shakeel-ur-Rehman, Yasir Shehzad bt Hameed, Asif beat Aimar Khan, Nadir Khan bt Mehboob, Nasir Khan bt Zahid, Syed Nouman Shah bt Asif Raja, Nouman Awan bt Kareem Ullah, Mubashar bt Waseem of Swat, Wajid bt Raja Faisal, Aftab Durrani bt Muhammad Aqil, Rehmat Ullah bt Fazal Baseer, Junaid Khan bt Aamir Khan.—APP