Imran, Perwani advance in Masters Snooker

ISLAMABAD: Imran Shahzad and Naveen Perwani two veterans made it to the next round of the Masters Snooker that started at the Pakistan Sports Complex Hall Thursday.

In the first round, Naveen Perwani (Sindh) outplayed Azhar Khan (Pjb) 3-0 (66-39, 61-0, 66-33). Imran Shehzad (Pjb) also won with ease beating Arshad Ali Qureshi (Isb) 3-0 (65-31, 59-16, 60-37)

Results: Shah Khan (KP) bt Naseem Paracha (Sindh) 3-2 (87-01, 61-62, 43-68, 57-46, 72-29(51); Imran Shehzad (Pjb) bt Abdul Rehman (Bal) 3-0 (94-07(51), 57-46, 75-07(50); Azhar Khan (Pjb) bt Mehmood Khan (Bal) 3-0 (59-14, 44-21, 47-25); M Shafi (KP) bt Masood Ahmed (Isb) 3-1(56-69, 35-69, 52-51, 62-20); Abu Saim (Pjb) bt Saeedur Rehman (KP) 3-1 (69-62, 51-39, 53-58, 75-35); Farrukh Usman (Sindh) bt Saeed Ahmed (Bal) 3-2 (17-48, 18-83, 62-31, 53-45, 67-09(50); Danish Haroon (Sindh) bt Khalid Awan (Bal) 3-0 (50-12, 64-31, 64-30); Mujtahid Ali Shah (Kpk) bt Shehzad Butt (Pjb) 3-2 (56-46, 64-32, 44-58, 28-63, 59-35); Abdul Rehman (Bal) bt Shah Khan (KP) 3-0(54-39, 53-52, 80-43); Arshad Ali Qureshi (Isb) bt Naseem Paracha (Sindh) 3-0 (63-24, 59-30, 42-08); M Shafi (KP) bt Mehmood Khan (Bal) 3-1 (62-37, 62-15, 52-60, 71-67); Imran Shehzad (Pjb) bt Arshad Ali Qureshi (Isb) 3-0 (65-31, 59-16, 60-37); Naveen Perwani (Sindh) bt Azhar Khan (Pjb) 3-0 (66-39, 61-0, 66-33); Danish Haroon (Sindh) bt Shehzad Butt (Pjb) 3-0 (66-39, 61-0, 60-33).