KARACHI: Defending champion Ali Hamza suffered a major upset in the pre-quarterfinals of the 32nd Sindh Cup Snooker Tournament, losing 3-4 [29-44, 27-55, 56-18, 67-12, 34-48, 56-54, 56-47] to A. Sattar here at the OTC Snooker Arena on Friday.
A. Sattar staged a remarkable comeback to win, taking the deciding frame 56-47. Ali had earlier taken a 2-0 lead, but Sattar fought back to level the match at 3-3.
In other pre-quarterfinal matches, Khizar Aziz edged out Usman Khan 4-3, while Ian Mark John thrashed Nadir Shah 4-0. Umair Alam, Mani Memon, Umair Khan, Zulfiqar A. Qadir and Ali Raza also advanced to the quarter-finals.
The last-eight matches are scheduled to take place tomorrow, with Sattar facing Khizar, Ian taking on Umair Alam, Mani Memon facing Umair Khan and Zulfiqar battling Ali Raza.
Published in Dawn, December 14th, 2024
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