Top-seed Amir Sarkhosh of Iran along with Pakistan’s Mohamed Asif, the second seed, Mohamed Sajjad (5th seed) and 27th-placed Ahsan Ramzan sailed into the quarter-finals of the IBSF World Snooker Championships being hosted by the Qatar Billiards and Snooker Federation (QBSF) at the federation’s hall on Wednesday.
India’s Pankaj Advani, however, made an exit after being beaten 2-4 by Asif in the last 16 tie. The 43-time world champion Advani, who recovered from Covid-19 a month ago, has not been in top form of late and was seeded 18th.
He lost the opening two frames before staging a comeback with a break of 94 but Asif with breaks of 50 and 57 proved two good in the end.
Defending champion Asif will meet Bahrain’s Habib Sabah next. The 7th seeded Sabah excelled 4-1 against UAE’s Khalid Kamali to enter quarters.
Former World No.2, Sarkhosh set up last eight clash against compatriot and 9th seed Siyavosh Mozayani. While Sarkhosh beat Egyptian Mostafa Dorgham 4-2 in the last 16, Mozayani defeated India’s Aditya Mehta 4-1.
Sajjad will play Sri Lankan Mohamed Thaha Irshath in the quarter-final today. Sajjad edged Hong Kong’s Cheung Ka Wai 4-3 while Irshath blanked Khaled Alastal of Palestine 4-0.
Ahsan Ramzan will lock horns with Egypt’s Abdelrahman Shahin having outclassed American Renat Denkha 4-2. Shahin went past Thai Passakorn Suwannawat 4-3.
Qatar’s sixth-seeded Bashar Abdulmajeed and 15th-placed Ali Al Obaidli bowed out in the last 32 clash against Ahsan Ramzan and Advani respectively.

Prequarter-finals
Results
Mohamed Asif (Pak) bt Pankaj Advani (IND) 4-2 (73-10, 77-28, 39-56, 4-98, 96-44, 53-36); Amir Sarkhosh (Iran) bt Mostafa Dorgham (Egypt) 4-2 (58-14, 83-50, 58-77, 7-97, 81-29, 90-46); Habib Sabah (Bahrain) bt Khalid Kamali (UAE) 4-1 (69-56, 62-14, 60-62, 67-54, 66-9); Ahsan Ramzan (Pak) bt Renat Denkha (USA) 4-2 (63-29, 46-76, 51-45, 73-21, 52-69, 67-28); Abdelrahman Shahin (Egypt) bt Passakorn Suwannawat (THA) 4-3 (98-33, 77-18, 1-73, 25-74, 0-98, 70-33, 77-72); Mohamed Thaha Irshath (Sri Lanka) bt Khaled Alastal (Palestine) 4-0 (75-11, 77-43, 52-19, 64-37); Mohamed Sajjad (Pak) bt Cheung Ka Wai (HK) 4-3 (69-9, 5-81, 41-63, 43-74, 86-0, 74-0, 71-0); Siyavosh Mozayani (Iran) bt Aditya Mehta (IND) 4-1 (64-5, 26-59, 70-30, 64-53, 65-60).