Pakistan's duo of Babar Masih and Shahram Changezi stormed into the last 49 knock-out staged of World Snooker Championship after their fourth straight wins here at the Darbar Hall of Movenpick Hotel on Saturday. Shahram recovered from 0-2 down to register an exciting 4-2 victory over Chris Hart of England which included a break of 44 in the fifth frame. Hart made a superb start by winning the first two frames with an ease.
But Changezi conjured up the next four frames to complete a remarakble16-38, 04-58, 44-15, 63-01, 44-06, 37-30 victory. Babar Masih from Rawalpindi also recovered from 1-2 deficit to overpower Kok Leong Lim of Malaysia. Former IBSF World Championship strengthened his place in the knock-out rounds after his third win in a row. Sajjad defeated Khalid Kamali of United Arab Emirates) 4-2 which was spiced with a brilliant break of 56.