KARACHI, June 17: Low profile Farhan Noor exhibited one of the best performance of his career when he toppled third seed Abu Saim 4-3 in the 10th Style ranking snooker tournament at Karachi Gymkhana on Saturday.

Farhan, who the other day lost opener to Imran Qamar, staged a remarkable comeback from 1-3 down to turn the table on fancied player.

The scores were: 0-57, 55-41, 20-84, 37-70, 73-49, 80-8, 49-45.

In yet another surprise, Imtiaz Tipu, the 17th seed, continued his giant killing performance when he conjured up second successive victory by handing 4-3 defeat to eighth seed, Vishan Gir.

Tipu, who got the better of former world champion, Mohammad Yousuf, 4-1 on Friday was home 25-52, 51-24, 31-55, 83-40, 46-63, 62-24, 65-38.

He now meets Mohammad Sadiq in the last league match of group “H” on Sunday.

Low ranked Mesam Zaidi also pulled off a upset when he carved out 4-3 win against fifth seed Sohail Shehzad.

Top seed Khurram Agha earned full points by getting a walk over against Raja Rashid.

Second seed Imran Shehzad chalked up a convincing 4-0 victory Minhas Malik the scores being 71-23, 77-13, 77-0, 70-39.

The league matches concludes on Sunday.

Results:

Syed Mesam Zaidi (Sindh) bt Sohail Shehzad (Sindh) 4-3 (73-59, 8-94, 45-39, 46-70, 73-15, 26-59, 76-59); Naveen Perwani (Sindh) bt Kamran Razzak (Sindh) 4-2 (49-65, 43-60, 58-38, 57-3, 55-53, 69-5); Rambel Gul (NWFP) bt Saqib Butt (Pun) 4-0 (first frame awarded to winner, 52-38, 85-0, 63-3); M. Imtiaz Tipu (Pun) bt Vishan Gir (Sindh) 4-3 (25-52, 51-24, 31-55, 83-40, 46-63, 62-24, 65-38); Khurram Agha (Sindh) walk over Raja Rashid (Pun); Imran Shahzad (Pun) bt Minhas Malik (Sindh) 4-0 (71-23, 77-13, 77-0, 70-39); Farhan Noor (Pun) bt Abu Saim (Pun) 4-3 (0-57, 55-41, 20-84, 37-70, 43-49, 80-8, 49-45); Arshad Siddiq (NWFP) w/o Saleh Mohammad (NWFP); Mehmood Khan (Bal) bt Jawed Ansari (Sindh) 4-2 (30-58, 24-58, 100-2, 67-57, 60-52, 66-41); Atiq Latif Bux (Sindh) bt Tahir Rasheed (Pun) 4-1 (69-26, 63-24, 44-54, 60-40, 72-16); Raees Khan (Pun) bt Mohammad Sharif (Pun) 4-0 (58-20, 53-46, 76-15, 59-45); Mohammad Yousuf (Sindh) bt Mohammad Sadiq (Pun) 4-1 (50-14, 29-76, 90-11, 112-13, 70-12); Salman Shaikh (Sindh) b t Mohammad Akhlas (Sindh) 4-1 (68-23, 56-28, 35-65, 66-45, 58-28).

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