Sajjad, Imran through to quarters

Asjad suffers setback in National Snooker Championship.

Mohammad Sajjad, Sohail Shahzad and Imran Shahzad progressed to the quarter-finals of the 36th National Snooker Championship while Asjad Iqbal and Mohammad Yousaf suffered a shock exit.

Sajjad beat Abdul Sattar 5-0 including two half-century breaks while Imran beat Nauman Awan 5-2. Sohail outclassed Umair Alam 5-3 but the real shock of the day was a tame 5-2 defeat of Iqbal to Mohammad Asif. After being tied 2-2, Asif claimed the next three frames to knock Iqbal out of the tournament.

In another upset, Mohammad Asif Toba beat Yousaf 5-1 to set up a last-eight showdown with Imran. Meanwhile, Naveen Perwani beat Ayaz Khan 5-1 and will face Sultan Mohammad who defeatd Mohammad Javed 5-4. Mohammad Shahid beat Rambail Gul 5-2 to make it to the quarter-finals as well.

Published in The Express Tribune, February 4^th, 2011.