After Asif, Iqbal was the second major casualty of the National Snooker Championship yesterday. PHOTO: FILE EXPRESS
KARACHI: The Jubilee Insurance 38th National Snooker Championship continued to produce shocks as second-seed Asjad Iqbal bowed out in the prequarter-finals yesterday.
His exit follows that of IBSF world champion Mohammad Asif who suffered a shock defeat on Thursday.
Hamza Akbar downed Iqbal 5-3 in their best-of-nine-frame match with scores of 58-40, 43-59, 57-67, 45-33, 30-110 (110), 71-26, 101-13 and 61-34.
The finalists of this event will cement their place in the Asian Championship that is scheduled for next month. Asif will, however, feature in the event despite his exit.
Meanwhile, Abu Saim defeated eighth-seed Sharjeel Mehmood 5-3, while Babar Masih pipped Umair Alam 5-4.
In the senior-pros clash, Muhammad Sajjad defeated Mohammad Yousuf 5-2 while Abdul Sattar chalked up a similar victory against Mohammad Majid. The other winners on the day were Shahid Aftab and Farhan Noor.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 23rd, 2013.
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