Sultan, Shan in knockout round.

KARACHI -- Pakistan's Sultan Mohammad and Shan Namat advanced into the knockout round of the Asian Snooker ChamApionAship in Doha on Monday.

They finished runners-up in their respective groups on the completion of league matches.

National champion SulAtan, who won his first two matches, suffered a 1-4 loss at the hands of Chinese Jiang Jun in his third and last group fixture. After winning the opening frame 73-9, Sultan fell prey to his opponent 0-88, 38-89, 0-83...