KARACHI, Dec 20: M. Azeem Yousuf, son of former world amateur snooker champion, Mohammad Yousuf, conjured up a solid break of 74 while registering an emphatic 3-0 victory over M. Shahryar Khan in the 21st Sindh Snooker Cup at a local parlour on Thursday.
The break, highest of the event to date, came in the first frame as he won 105-5, 67-5, 76-21.
Meanwhile, seven Hyderabad cueists were through to the second round following their triumph on the fourth day as their nine city mates knocked out.
Results:First round: Noman Najeeb bt Rizwan Sajwani 3-0 ((56-41, 58-17, 66-34); Maaz Shaikh bt Ifthikar Ahmed 3-2 (10-59, 42-44, 55-45, 68-53, 46-38); Uzair Aziz bt Hassan 3-0 (50-24, 58-12, 62-21); Zain Moti bt M. Tahir 3-0 (48-35, 57-42, 70-28); Nabeel bt Owais Mumtaz 3-2 (80-17, 67-47, 48-54, 38-54, 59-9); Moiz Amwani bt Danish Daniell 3-2 (55-30, 68-32, 24-58, 24-67, 51-20); M. Azeem Yousuf bt M. Shahryar Khan 3-0 (105-5, 67-5, 76-21); M. Shakeel (Hyderabad) bt Shahbaz Ali 3-1 (25-46, 66-55, 64-46, 48-42); M. Faheem Siddiqui (Hyderabad) bt Vicky 3-0 (68-25, 50-12, 72-30); Fasihuddin bt Ali Waheed(Hyderabad) 3-1 (57-27, 35-53, 58-8, 60-29); Rashid bt M. Owais Memon (Hyderabad) 3-1 (64-53, 31-49, 53-22, 33-28); M. Ali bt Hunain Memon (Hyderabad) 3-2 (37-58, 55-21, 50-65, 60-39, 61-23); Iqbal Mithoo bt M. Faraz (Hyderabad) 3-1 (43-5, 48-35, 24-58, 54-13); Khalid Ansari bt A. Rahim (Hyderabad) 3-1 (60-15, 63-43, 40-45, 54-43); Taufiq Memon (Hyderabad) bt Tauqeer 3-0 (48-30, 57-27, 61-17); Ashfaq (Hyderabad) bt Ahsan 3-1 (74-62, 48-29, 32-44, 62-46); M.Siddiqullah bt Hussain Anees (Hyderabad) 3-0 (60-18, 63-33, 68-39); Umair Khan bt Bilal Zulqarnain (Hyderabad) 3-1 (36-69, 53-37, 71-25, 61-18); M. Shoaib bt Moiz Memon (Hyderabad) 3-0 (68-54, 59-46, 60-41); Umar Naeem (Hyderabad) bt Aamir Jaliya 3-0 (45-7, 57-13, 25-11); Ian Mark John bt Areeb Shaikh 3-2 (62-18, 42-73, 30-66, 80-19, 76-44); Faraz Ahmed (Hyderabad) bt Asad Shahid 3-2 (37-25, 20-53, 34-59, 75-32, 49-29); Ali Wahab (Hyderabad) bt Sajid Rasheed 3-1 (61-25, 53-15, 36-42, 53-12); Faisal bt Shadab (Hyderabad) 3-2 (51-22, 57-17, 25-56, 9-47, 57-45).