KARACHI: Top two seeded cueists Fahad Khan and Haris Nadeem conjured up straight victories over their respective opponents on the opening day of the seventh Junior Sindh Cup snooker tournament which commenced at a local parlour here on Monday.

Top seed Fahad blanked A. Rehman 68-17, 60-12, 102-25 while second seed Haris was home 74-12, 60-20, 54-29 against Umer Alvi in the first round.

Results:

First round:

M. Fahad Khan bt A. Rehman 3-0 (68-17, 60-12, 102-25); Shabbir Khan bt Sualeh Mohammad 3-1 (40-63, 51-49, 58-42, 50-40); Hamza Ahmed bt Arsalan Aqeel 3-1 (47-49, 58-28, 57-4, 53-8); M. Inshal bt Saad Khalique 3-0 (walkover); Sameer-ul- Hassan bt Saud Khan 3-0 (77-27, 72-28, 65-35); Hasnain bt Shahwaiz Ahmed 3-0 (65-25, 76-37, 72-40); M. Adil bt A. Sami Ansari 3-0 (43-18, 54-3, 45-6); Umer Khan bt Taimoor Khan 3-1 (60-22, 29-33, 75-30, 67-34); Hammad-ur-Rehaman bt Daniyal Raza 3-0 (72-46, 65-28, 56-26); Arish Akber bt M. Sameer 3-2 (63-24, 71-24, 50-57, 45-52, 43-26); M. Bilal Farooq bt Rizwan Malik 3-0 (83-21, 52-15, 48-24); Usman Sami Khan bt Asad Ali 3-1 (37-30, 11-38, 57-50, 42-23); M. Faisal bt Sheikh Tanveer 3-0 (54-17, 42-12, 67-6); Ehsan-ul-Haq bt Hasnain Shah 3-1 (32-45, 58-18, 52-21, 55-29); Shehryar bt M. Rashid 3-1 (40-20, 27-56, 82-26, 64-28); Shariq Alvi bt Muddasir Alam 3-0 (57-14, 51-20, 51-30); Usman Khan bt Hamza Awan 3-1 (37-47, 51-30, 56-34, 59-23); Zohaib Aslam bt Salman Ahmed Shah 3-1 (55-42, 38-53, 69-52, 47-24); Tanveer bt Shaikh Bilal Waheed 3-1 (63-27, 50-25, 30-60, 91-59); Waqas bt Jameel Khan 3-0 (56-22, 66-21, 50-22); Jameel bt A. Majid 3-0 (62-52, 67-20, 65-48); M. Naqush bt Daniyal Gul 3-1 (47-53, 46-36, 53-41, 50-26); M. Zubair bt Munis Ali 3-0 (64-37, 51-31, 54-9); Shahzaib bt S. Taha Ali 3-0 (63-2, 72-8, 70-5); A. Ghaffar bt Atif Ayaz 3-1 (63-3, 64-25, 29-56, 60-17); M. Sumair bt Tahami Ahmed 3-1 (52-38, 35-14, 38-51, 66-33); Nadir Ali bt Bilal Nadeem 3-0 (60-22, 72-22, 48-41); Arsalan bt Wasif Ali 3-1 (20-58, 59-33, 41-17, 50-35); Hassan Ahmed bt Hadi Masood 3-0 (52-12, 47-37, 72-16); Fahar Khan bt M. Salik 3-0 (65-22, 54-24, 61-55); Bilal Ahmed bt Bilal Qureshi 3-2 (43-69, 49-63, 41-28, 69-28, 73-19); Haris Nadeem bt Umer Alvi 3-0 (74-12, 60-20, 54-29).

Tuesday’s fixtures:

Second round matches begin at 9.30am.

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