Sajjad survives scare to stay in contention
Mohammad Sajjad earns a tough 4-3 victory over Mohammad Javed to stay in semi-finals of the Snooker Championship.
KARACHI:
Defending champion Mohammad Sajjad earned a tough 4-3 victory over Mohammad Javed to stay in contention for the semi-finals of Snooker Championship underway at the Karachi Club.
With two defeats in the tournament already, Sajjad was stretched fully against Javed who stunned the Sargodha-based cueist with some superb potting during the battle. After claiming the first two frames comfortably with scores of 70-16 and 67-49, Sajjad had to face stiff resistance from his opponent in the following frames. Javed drew level 2-2 by winning the third and fourth frames 62-33 and 53-35.
Sajjad bounced back by winning the fifth frame 79-59, a lead that was soon undone by Javed by winning the penultimate frame 60-53. The final frame saw Sajjad taking full use of his experience to win it 74-16 and seal the win that keeps him in contention for the semi-finals.
Meanwhile, Shehram Changezi who stunned top-ranked cueists earlier in the event continued with his superb form to secure a 4-2 (77-33, 78-45, 04-81, 33-69, 60-16, 65-30) win over Sultan Mohammad.
Top seed Asjad Iqbal, who crashed out of the running for the last-four following three defeats, registered a consolation win by beating Mohammad Asif 4-2 (57-40, 62-30, 80-38, 40-79, 26-92(78), 76-65).
Qasim Kamani, Imran Shehzad, Rambail Gul, Sharjeel Mehmood and Mohammad Asif also recorded victories by winning their respective matches.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 1st, 2010.
Defending champion Mohammad Sajjad earned a tough 4-3 victory over Mohammad Javed to stay in contention for the semi-finals of Snooker Championship underway at the Karachi Club.
With two defeats in the tournament already, Sajjad was stretched fully against Javed who stunned the Sargodha-based cueist with some superb potting during the battle. After claiming the first two frames comfortably with scores of 70-16 and 67-49, Sajjad had to face stiff resistance from his opponent in the following frames. Javed drew level 2-2 by winning the third and fourth frames 62-33 and 53-35.
Sajjad bounced back by winning the fifth frame 79-59, a lead that was soon undone by Javed by winning the penultimate frame 60-53. The final frame saw Sajjad taking full use of his experience to win it 74-16 and seal the win that keeps him in contention for the semi-finals.
Meanwhile, Shehram Changezi who stunned top-ranked cueists earlier in the event continued with his superb form to secure a 4-2 (77-33, 78-45, 04-81, 33-69, 60-16, 65-30) win over Sultan Mohammad.
Top seed Asjad Iqbal, who crashed out of the running for the last-four following three defeats, registered a consolation win by beating Mohammad Asif 4-2 (57-40, 62-30, 80-38, 40-79, 26-92(78), 76-65).
Qasim Kamani, Imran Shehzad, Rambail Gul, Sharjeel Mehmood and Mohammad Asif also recorded victories by winning their respective matches.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 1st, 2010.