KARACHI, July 10: Pakistan’s Saleh Mohammad overpowered UAE’s Mohammad Al-Joaker to reach the last-32 round of Sangsom 6-Red International Snooker Championship in Bangkok on Thursday.

Saleh, 35, ended his group ‘E’ in great style by overcoming Al-Joaker 5-4 after an exciting tussle to register five wins out of five in his group, according to a message received here.

Saleh was trailing 1-2 against Joaker. But he turned the tables on the UAE cueist with a superb cue control and smart potting. Saleh compiled the break of 63 in the second frame. Earlier, in his penultimate group match, Saleh clawed his way from a 0-3 deficit to defeat world No 21 Stuart Bingham of England 5-4.

Results:

Saleh Mohammad (Pakistan) bt Stuart Bingham (England) 5-4 (05-49, 0-68, 36-12, 49-0, 25-23, 46-0, 51-22, 12-37, 37-0); Saleh bt Mohammad Al-Joaker (UAE) 5-4 (32-38, 63-05, 08-47, 37-23, 57-04, 34-18, 08-39, 22-34, 39- 05); Daniel Wells (Wales) bt Mohammad Sajjad Rana (Pakistan) 5-0 (71-0, 0-66, 67-0, 68-05, 72-0); Dave Horald (England) bt Mohammad Sajjad Rana 5-0 (36-18, 38-0, 48-0, 36-25, 37-20).—APP

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