Snooker: Ishtiaq upsets Asif in national event

KARACHI: Muhammad Ishtiaq stunned IBSF world champion Mohammad Asif 4-3 in the opening match of the Jubilee Insurance 38th National Snooker Championship 2013 at the Karachi Gymkhana yesterday.

In other matches, former national champion Asjad Iqbal outclassed Amir Rashid 4-0 in Group B, while Khyber-Pakhtunkhwah’s Aakash Rafique defeated Sultan Muhammad 4-2 in Group C.

Meanwhile, Sohail Shehzad outplayed Qamar Zaman 4-3 in Group D and former Asian number two Mohammad Sajjad defeated Muhammad Javed Ansari 4-1. The week-long championship is featuring the top 40 players of the country among eight groups. Knockout rounds will start from March 22 with the final scheduled for March 25.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 18^th, 2013.