Imran, Sajjad continue winning ways

Sohail beaten in World Snooker Championship.

Imran Shahzad continued his winning run in the IBSF World Amateur Snooker Championship after he upstaged Faaris Khan of South Africa 4-1 in Damascus, Syria.

Pakistan’s top cueist Imran won the first frame 67-40 and was in even better touch in the second as he won 95-8. Khan, however, hit back to take the next frame 60-46 but it was the Pakistani who prevailed as he clinched the next two frames 109-60, 89-18 to register his second victory in two matches.

Imran had earlier beaten Australia’s Vinnie Calabrese 4-2 in his first outing of the championship.

Sohail suffers massive defeat

Roy Stolk beat Sohail Shahzad 4-0 in a one-sided encounter as the Dutch won his second game in Group H. Stolk did not give Sohail even an outside chance of clinching any frame as he won 82-32, 81-46, 109-30, 65-29.

Sohail also started off his campaign on a winning note against home cueist Ibrahim Alkhder Alahmd 4-0.

Sajjad wins as well

Mohammad Sajjad defeated Norwegian Alain Vandersteen 4-2 to register his second win.

Runner-up in the Asian Championship held in Thailand earlier this year, Sajjad started off in emphatic fashion, winning the first frame 129-4. Vandersteen hit back in the next and won it 76-29 before the Pakistani won 86-9 to take the lead again.

The see-saw battle continued with Vandersteen claiming the next frame 73-42. But it was the man from Sargodha who kept his nerve as he won the next two frames 83-20, 81-33 to clinch the victory.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 7^th, 2010.