KARACHI, Dec 27: Two-time former Sindh champion Kashif Khan fell prey to unseeded A. Majid Anwar 1-3 as third round of 21st Sindh Snooker Cup commenced after a days break at a local parlour on Thursday.

Kashif, the top seed for the knockout draw, opened the match on a positive note but succumbed to pressure and lost the following three to make early exit.

Majid was home 27-71, 62-25, 58-40, 50-26 and advanced into the last 32 round.

Results:

Third round: A. Majid Anwar bt Kashif Khan 3-1 (27-71, 62-25, 58-40, 50-26); Khurram Khan bt S. Imran Ahmed 3-1 (77-12, 10-46, 52-45, 47-31); Kamran Razzaq bt M. Ifthikar 3-0 (64-9, 77-27, 76-35); Naseem Paracha bt Mansoor Hashmi 3-0 (66-60, 56-28, 51-40); S. Hur Abbas bt Irfan Aslam 3-1 (57-35, 56-16, 35-55, 73-50); Ahmed Bawany bt M. Saeed Khan 3-2 (45-62, 42-72, 60-8, 51-41, 64-34); Uzair Aziz bt Ian Mark John 3-1 (61-21, 34-55, 58-14, 54-16); Faisal Kashmiri bt M. Arsalan 3-2 (56-71, 10-66, 57-17, 45-8, 55-32); M. Akhlas bt Furqan Hussain 3-2 (57-68, 71-9, 74-34, 19-45, 74-34); M. Haris Nadeem bt M. Afsar 3-0 (69-31, 68-22, 73-34); Mohsin Raza bt Shair Qadir 3-2 (84-12, 55-64, 44-72, 68-35, 52-8); S. M. Ali Zaidi bt Danish Karim 3-1 (19-70, 65-38, 57-10, 62-50); Mirza Shadab Baig bt Jamshed 3-0 (50-17, 80-72, 64-52); Khizar Aziz bt Mesam Zaidi 3-0 (78-2, 57-36, 57-42); Bilal Siddiqui bt Fahad Ahmed 3-0 (58-44, 57-20, 60-38); Fiaz bt Danish Sarfaraz 3-1 (38-51, 56-55, 52-8, 60-40).

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