Mohammad Ishtiaq took Asif by surprise on the opening day as the champion played his first game in Pakistan following his triumph in Sofia, Bulgaria last year. But Asif recovered to beat Shehzad with frame scores of 95-12, 61-08, 84-39 and 58-51.
Imran Shehzad stunned Sultan Mohammad with a straight-frame win, while Sohail Shehzad defeated Muhammad Uzair 4-2.
Rambail Gul of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa piped Muhammad Sajjad 4-3 despite being two frames down and eventually registered with frame scores of 88-16, 72-27, 43-83, 14-63, 63-15, 34-47 and 51-61.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 19th, 2013.
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