Azeem moves ahead

Published February 4, 2009

KARACHI, Feb 3: Promising Azeem Yousuf handed out a crushing 3-0 defeat to Manoj Wajwani to reach the pre quarter-finals of the Sindh Junior Cup snooker tournament at Aly’s Snooker Parlour on Tuesday.

Son of former world amateur snooker champion, Mohammad Yousuf, Azeem gave no chance to his opponent and was home 51-17, 42-32, 52-17.

Results:

Second round: Azeem Yousuf bt Manoj Wajwani 3-0 (51-17, 42-32, 52-17); Abdul Basit bt Haris Ismail 3-1 (43-15, 65-31, 55-62, 75-24); Asadullah Rogatia bt Junaid Raza 3-1 (53-23, 45-53, 63-17, 35-11); Kashif Saleem bt Ammad Sheikh 3-1 (55-12, 32-38, 49-31, 43-3); Salman Ahmed bt Sufyan Merchant 3-0 (51-24, 31-17, 48-15); Haris Nadeem bt Hasan Mairaj 3-1 (62-27, 20-54, 84-34, 81-47); Mohammad Ishtiaq bt Ali Imtiaz 3-1 (67-37, 68-41, 32-57, 70-18).

Wednesday’s fixtures:

Remaining second round matches start at 1.00pm.

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