KARACHI: Pakistan’s top ranked cueist Imran Shehzad sailed into the last 16 round of IBSF World Snooker Championship in style after a commanding 5-1 victory over Andreas Ploner of Australia on Monday with back to back century breaks at Faiha Sports City Hall, Damascus (Syria).30-year-old Lahore-born Imran carved out two superb break of 102 in the first and 112 in third and 69 in the sixth frame to register 102-0, 41-64, 112-32, 113-11, 72-27, 104-21 triumph.Imran Shehzad will clash Malta professional player Alex Borg for a place in the quarterfinal.
Highly talented Imran, who is featuring in his second world championship showed his class and potential by routing the Aussies cueman.Dechawat Poomjaeng of Thailand halted Muhammad Sajjad’s fine run in the competition with a straight forward 5-0 in the last 32 round. Pakistan number two Sohail Shahzad lost to Noppadol Sangnil of Thailand 5-3.Earlier, in last-64 round Sohail Shahzad beat Anas Al-Marzouki (Syria) 4-1. Sohail won 61-57, 76-04, 35-59, 65-02, 54-40
