Snooker: Masih, Iqbal score opening wins
Trio were off to winning starts in their respective group matches of the IBSF World 6-Red Championship
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KARACHI:
Pakistan’s Babar Masih and Asjad Iqbal were off to winning starts in their respective group matches of the IBSF World 6-Red Championship, which exploded into action yesterday in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.
Masih registered an emphatic 4-0 triumph against Qatar’s Mhanaa Albodaili, winning by overall scores of 39-00, 56-15, 49-00, 45-07 in his Group B fixture and will next take on India’s Dharminder Lilly, Egypt’s Karim Elabd and England’s Simon Dent.
Meanwhile, Iqbal won 4-1 against Jordan’s Khalid Fakhouri in Group I, which also includes Egypt’s Mohamed Hammouda, India’s Dilip Kumar and Wales’ Keith Thomas.
Pakistan’s Sohail Shehzad is placed in Group D with Afghanistan’s Mohammad Rais, Egypt’s Karim Abdelmeguid, India’s Bharat Sissodia and Mozambique’s Muhammad Qureshi, while Mohammad Bilal has been slotted in Group X.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 21st, 2016.
Pakistan’s Babar Masih and Asjad Iqbal were off to winning starts in their respective group matches of the IBSF World 6-Red Championship, which exploded into action yesterday in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.
Masih registered an emphatic 4-0 triumph against Qatar’s Mhanaa Albodaili, winning by overall scores of 39-00, 56-15, 49-00, 45-07 in his Group B fixture and will next take on India’s Dharminder Lilly, Egypt’s Karim Elabd and England’s Simon Dent.
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Meanwhile, Iqbal won 4-1 against Jordan’s Khalid Fakhouri in Group I, which also includes Egypt’s Mohamed Hammouda, India’s Dilip Kumar and Wales’ Keith Thomas.
Pakistan’s Sohail Shehzad is placed in Group D with Afghanistan’s Mohammad Rais, Egypt’s Karim Abdelmeguid, India’s Bharat Sissodia and Mozambique’s Muhammad Qureshi, while Mohammad Bilal has been slotted in Group X.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 21st, 2016.