Imran, Sajjad make it 3 in 3, Sohail also wins
Pakistan cueists perform in World Championship.
KARACHI:
Pakistan’s Imran Shehzad continued his smooth sailing in the IBSF World Amateur Snooker Championship as he beat Emit Yigit of Turkey 4-1 in Damascus, Syria. Imran took the first frame comfortably 71-8 but went down in the second 66-45. The Pakistani, however, recovered in style to take the two frames 61-20, 123-0 including a century break. Yigit was simply no match for Imran as the Pakistan number one cueist took the fifth frame 92-9 to seal the win and register his third successive victory in the tournament. He had earlier defeated South Africa’s Faaris Khan 4-1 and Australia’s Vinnie Calabrese 4-2.
Sohail finds form
Sohail Shahzad regained his form to outclass Malta’s Alex Borg 4-1 to win his second match of the tournament. Sohail, who went down against Dutch cueist Roy Stolk 4-0 in his previous match, outplayed Borg in the first frame 88-15 before losing the next 85-25. The Pakistani found his touch in the next two frames as he comfortably won 76-4, 82-22 before a thriller saw Sohail clinching the final frame 64-63 to seal the match.
Sajjad wins as well
It was a tremendous day for Pakistan as its third cueist Mohammad Sajjad also registered a comfortable win. He beat Japan’s Shuji Hase 4-0 to also register his third win in the championship. The Asian number two won 90-0, 74-53, 74-54, 74-0 as he made it difficult for Hase to fight back.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 8th, 2010.
Pakistan’s Imran Shehzad continued his smooth sailing in the IBSF World Amateur Snooker Championship as he beat Emit Yigit of Turkey 4-1 in Damascus, Syria. Imran took the first frame comfortably 71-8 but went down in the second 66-45. The Pakistani, however, recovered in style to take the two frames 61-20, 123-0 including a century break. Yigit was simply no match for Imran as the Pakistan number one cueist took the fifth frame 92-9 to seal the win and register his third successive victory in the tournament. He had earlier defeated South Africa’s Faaris Khan 4-1 and Australia’s Vinnie Calabrese 4-2.
Sohail finds form
Sohail Shahzad regained his form to outclass Malta’s Alex Borg 4-1 to win his second match of the tournament. Sohail, who went down against Dutch cueist Roy Stolk 4-0 in his previous match, outplayed Borg in the first frame 88-15 before losing the next 85-25. The Pakistani found his touch in the next two frames as he comfortably won 76-4, 82-22 before a thriller saw Sohail clinching the final frame 64-63 to seal the match.
Sajjad wins as well
It was a tremendous day for Pakistan as its third cueist Mohammad Sajjad also registered a comfortable win. He beat Japan’s Shuji Hase 4-0 to also register his third win in the championship. The Asian number two won 90-0, 74-53, 74-54, 74-0 as he made it difficult for Hase to fight back.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 8th, 2010.