Shahbaz retains Group E top slot

After losing first frame, Shahbaz won second frame in style. He did not give any chance to the Syrian player and crafted breaks of 40 and 49 to win the frame.In the third frame, Fatima made a comeback to go ahead 2-1 before Shahbaz pocketed the rest two frames and retained top slot of the group at Yeshwant Club here.Meanwhile, all the Thai players have confirmed their berth for knock-out stage (Pre-Quarter Finals).
Pachara Mayone retained top slot of his group beating Varun Madan 3-1, though Yuttapop Pakpoj and Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon has yet to play for group position match and Chinnapat Kamsad has finished as number two.

Other foreign players who qualified so far for knock-out stage are Soheil Vahedi (Iran), Mohd. Lababi (Iran), Liu Chuang (China), Li Han (China), Chua Weisheng Javier (Singapore), Karam Fatima (Syria) and Mohd. Kamali (UAE).

Results:
Group A: Soheil Vahedi (Iran) beat Chua Weisheng Javier (Singapore) 3-0 (93-23, 56-40, 72-24)
Group B: Muhammed Ahsan Javid (Pakistan) beat Taha Yassin Mohamed (Iraq ) 3-0 (54-06, 61-24, 77-69)
Group C: Liu Chuang (China) beat Chinnapat Kamsad (Thailand ) 3-0 (66-14, 78(38)-15, 55-24); Win Ko Ko (Myanmar) beat Vipin Premi (India) 3-1 (59-21, 61-20, 43-67, 48-36)
Group D: Li Han (China) beat Rayan Somaratne (Sri Lanka) 3-0 (110(66)-21, 70-64, 79(48)-04); Wong Yun Shing (Hong Kong) beat Lawa Shakr Mazal (Iraq) 3-1 (78-11, 15-67, 69-12, 72-42)
Group E: Shahbaz Khan (India) beat Karam Fatima (Syria) 3-2 (29-75, 89(40,49)-08, 36-67, 65-35, 67-19)
Group F: Yuttapop Pakpoj (Thailand) beat Asjad Iqbal (Pakistan) 3-0 (68(55)-18, 81-24, 59-21)
Group G: Pachara Mayone (Thailand) beat Varun Madan (India) 3-1 (55-63, 70-57, 67-54, 55-26)
Group H: Khalid Mohd. Al Kamali (UAE) beat Muhammad Ishtiaq (Pakistan) 3-2 (47-59(31), 72-12, 51-35, 28-64(33), 55-43); Mohd. Lababi (Iran) beat Muhammad Ishtiaq (Pakistan) 3-2 (48-66, 71(56)-13, 01-64(34), 71(31)-09, 48-38).