Langnese Ranking Cup: Third seed Sattar beaten on day one
IBSF World Championship-bound cueist loses out 4-3 to Bahadur
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KARACHI:
Two big upsets were witnessed on day one of the Langnese Ranking Snooker Cup as Balochistan’s Bahadur Khan beat third seed Abdul Sattar 4-3, while Shah Khan thumped former national champion Mohammad Asif Toba 4-2 on Thursday at the Movenpick Hotel in Karachi.
Bahadur was involved in a see-saw battle, eventually emerging the victor with a scoreline of 72-27, 30-63, 69-01, 11-62, 00-101 (83), 58-50, 72-01, while Shah won his close encounter against Toba 53-44, 55-41, 63-73, 58-56, 52-56, 64-58.
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Islamabad-based Shahram Changezi scored the only century break on day one as he beat Ian Mark John 4-2 with scores of 77-41, 68-30, 62-0, 42-68, 59-65 and 117-11 (112). Later, Changezi bested Muhammad Nouman Iqbal 4-3 in his second match of the day. Top seed Mohammad Asif defeated Abdul Raheem 4-1 and Khurram Agha overcame Iqbal with the same scoreline.
Defending champion Mohammad Sajjad also won 4-1 against Amir Tariq, while Mohammad Bilal was made to work hard for his 4-3 triumph over Zulfiqar Qadir.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 30th, 2015.
Two big upsets were witnessed on day one of the Langnese Ranking Snooker Cup as Balochistan’s Bahadur Khan beat third seed Abdul Sattar 4-3, while Shah Khan thumped former national champion Mohammad Asif Toba 4-2 on Thursday at the Movenpick Hotel in Karachi.
Bahadur was involved in a see-saw battle, eventually emerging the victor with a scoreline of 72-27, 30-63, 69-01, 11-62, 00-101 (83), 58-50, 72-01, while Shah won his close encounter against Toba 53-44, 55-41, 63-73, 58-56, 52-56, 64-58.
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Islamabad-based Shahram Changezi scored the only century break on day one as he beat Ian Mark John 4-2 with scores of 77-41, 68-30, 62-0, 42-68, 59-65 and 117-11 (112). Later, Changezi bested Muhammad Nouman Iqbal 4-3 in his second match of the day. Top seed Mohammad Asif defeated Abdul Raheem 4-1 and Khurram Agha overcame Iqbal with the same scoreline.
Defending champion Mohammad Sajjad also won 4-1 against Amir Tariq, while Mohammad Bilal was made to work hard for his 4-3 triumph over Zulfiqar Qadir.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 30th, 2015.