Asjad, Sajjad beaten on day of upsets in Snooker Cup

Mohammad Sajjad lost 3-4 to Shahram Changezi in Karachi. —File Photo

KARACHI Punjab's Shahram Changezi registered a century break while upsetting reigning national champion Mohammad Sajjad 4-3 on the opening day of Snooker Cup at Karachi Club on Tuesday.

The Islamabad-based 13th seed cueist recovered from two frames down to post 10-71, 62-72, 67-44, 77-28, 109-4, 39-65, 61-25 victory. He piled up a break of 109 in the fifth frame.

Earlier, two other players won their opening matches. Shehram accounted for Mohammad Asif Toba by four frames to one while Sajjad defeated Nauman Awan by the same margin.

Sindh's Abdul Sattar, who is seeded 14th, pulled off the biggest upset by imposing a 4-1 victory over top seed Asjad Iqbal, the winner of second NBP Snooker Cup.

Sattar won 56-31, 65-21, 41-66, 75-9, 63-42.

Asjad, the runner up of the 35th national championship, opened his campaign on a winning note outplaying Rambel Gul 4-0 in the morning.

Results Umair Alam (Sindh) bt Mohammad Asif (Punjab) 4-3 (28-74, 68-32, 17-69, 97-20, 72-47, 52-65, 58-250; Abdul Sattar (Sindh) bt Imran Shehzad (Punjab) 4-1 (63-45, 77-50, 66-23, 2-77, 62-17; Asjad Iqbal (Punjab) bt Rambel Gul (KPK) 4-0 (61-16, 101-6, 70-24, 43-15); Sohail Shehzad (Sindh) bt Qasim Kamani (Sindh) 4-2 (49-55, 83-13, 63-67, 65-32, 81-34, 65-15); Sharjeel Mahmood (KPK) bt Mohammad Javed (Punjab) 4-2 (31-97, 66-37, 60-50, 78-30, 87-62, 58-46); Shahram Changezi (Punjab) bt Mohammad Asif Toba (Punjab) 4-1 (65-8, 96-34, 58-47, 44-58, 75-35); Mohammad Sajjad (Punjab) bt Nauman Awan (KPK) 4-1 (84-6, 77-38, 57-60, 71-14, 73-26); Imran Qamar (Punjab) bt Sultan Mohammad (Sindh) 4-2 (52-42, 71-38, 76-20, 45-70, 4-100, 63-31); Mohammad Asif (Punjab) bt Qasim Kamani (Sindh) 4-2 (46-60, 75-20, 63-78, 68-14, 63-16, 88-27); Imran Shehzad (Punjab) bt Rambel Gul (KPK) 4-3 (14-81, 73-33, 48-71, 57-36, 49-68, 96-23, 82-15); Abdul Sattar (Sindh) bt Asjad Iqbal (Punjab) 4-1 (56-31, 65-21, 41-66, 75-9, 63-42); Sohail Shehzad (Sindh) bt Umair Alam (Sindh) 4-0 (70-13, 74-24, 65-17, 78-21); Sultan Mohammad (Sindh) bt Mohammad Javed (Punjab) 4-3 (25-63, 14-57, 61-23, 9-60, 66-46, 60-52, 65-6); Mohammad Asif Toba (Punjab) bt Nauman Awan (KPK) 4-3 (65-47, 72-5, 24-67, 56-20, 43-56, 21-62, 46-27); Shahram Changezi (Punjab) bt Mohammad Sajjad (Punjab) 4-3 (10-71, 62-72, 67-44, 77-28, 109-4, 39-65, 61-25).

Wednesday's fixtures Matches starts at 10.00am.

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