Snooker: Three Pakistan players through to quarters
Meanwhile, Pakistan’s top-seed Mohammad Asif faces India cueist Yasin Merchant in a mouth-watering battle after topping his group.
Mohammad Sajjad will face Egypt’s Mohamed Ibrahim Mohamed in the third quarter-final, while another last-eight clash will be an all Thailand affair with second-seed Thepchaiya Un Nooh taking on fifth-seed Noppon Saengkham.
In the last session of the day, Sajjad registered a crucial 4-0 victory over compatriot Vishan Gir to cement his place in the last-eight.
Meanwhile, Naveen Perwani got a walkover, while Sultan Mohammad won in straight frames but failed to go through to the next round.
In the morning session, Ayouri defeated local player Perwani 4-0 with a century break in the third frame, while Un Nooh overpowered Sajjad 4-1, recording the highest break of the tournament of 129 so far.
However, the most gruelling match of the day was between Merchant and Paksitan’s second-seed Sultan Mohammad before the Indian cueist prevailed 4-3, winning with frame scores of 68-60, 21-53, 72-43, 01-96, 84-17, 0-103, 74-30. Asif completed an early 4-0 rout of Sattar, who tasted his first defeat at the event.
In the second session, Mohammad Ibrahim Ahmed was involved in a thrilling game with Pakistan’s Sohail Shehzad but the Egyptian won 4-3 despite being 3-1 down with scores of 26-71, 14-75, 56-39, 30-57, 49-17, 62-33, 67-07.
Mohammad Mustafa Shehad of UAE won 4-3 against Yaser Ahmed Elsherbiny of Egypt, while Sharjeel Mehmood earned a 4-0 win against Bahrain’s Hussain Mahmood Ali.
In the third session, Ayouri won 4-2 against Saengkham and Un-Nooh defeated Bahrain’s Habib Subha 4-1.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 7th, 2012.
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