June 19, 2006	Monday	Jumadi-ul-Awwal 22, 1427

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KARACHI, June 18: Sindh’s eight seed Vishan Gir made unceremonious exit as other seeded cueists propelled into the knock out pre-quarterfinals of the 10th Style ranking snooker tournament at the Karachi Gymkhana on Sunday.

Vishan who cracked a century break in his 4-0 triumph against Mohammad Sadiq on the opening day, tasted second successive defeat when he went down 1-4 to Mohammad Yousuf in group “H”. He lost 3-4 to Imtiaz Tipu on Saturday.

Yousuf, who is trailing at the ninth spot, dropped the opening frame on his way to register 20-58, 63-20, 62-16, 60-58, 101-6 victory to enter the next stage.

Top seed, Khurram Agha, second seed Imran Shahzad, third seed Abu Saim and sixth seed Naveen Perwani also ended the league matches on winning note.

Despite tasting 1-4 defeat at the hands of Jawed Ansari, fifth seed Sohail Shehzad qualified for the last 16.

Similarly, seventh seed Rambel Gul’s 3-4 loss at the hands of Raees Khan in the last encounter could not stop him from entering the next stage.

Results:

Mohammad Riaz (Sindh) w/o Raja Rashid (Pun); Minhas Malik (Sindh) bt Mohammad Baqar (Sindh) 4-2 ( 6-75, 71-39, 74-47, 55-54, 10-55, 90-11); Danish Karim (Sindh) bt Farhan Noor (Pun) 4-2 (52-68, 46-34, 68-27, 21-57, 61-35, 56-25); Mohammad Akhlas (Sindh) bt Arshad Siddiq (NWFP) 4-1 (65-47, 76-17, 64-43, 50-61, 64-32); Syed Mesam Zaidi (Sindh) bt Mehmood Khan (Bal) 4-2 (60-47, 80-47, 29-47, 57-53, 30-64, 64-5); Kamran Razzak (Sindh) bt Tahir Rasheed (Pun) 4-3 (39-68, 60-31, 57-38, 23-63, 34-42, 62-22, 66-27); Saqib Butt (Pun) bt Mohammad Sharif (Pun) 4-0 (83-17, 80-6, 76-27, 54-3); M. Imtiaz Tipu (Pun) bt Mohammad Sadiq (Pun) 4-3 (79-15, 41-73, 41-74, 4-79, 80-40, 73-20, 66-1); Khurram H. Agha (Sindh) bt Irfan Rasheed Khan (Sindh) 4-0 (55-7, 70-12, 75-13, 65-9); Imran Shahzad (Pun) bt Mohammad Asif (Pun) 4-0 (58-34, 73-60, 83-18, 78-34); Abu Saim (Pun) bt Imran Qamar (Pun) 4-0 (68-21, 53-41, 57-47, 62-56); Salman Shaikh (Sindh) w/o Saleh Mohammad (NWFP); Jawed Ansari (Sindh) bt Sohail Shahzad (Sindh) 4-1 (73-10, 65-45, 84-23, 23-60, 71-57); Naveen Perwani (Sindh) bt Atiq Latif Bux 4-0 (62-45, 65-19, 59-23, 69-0); Raees Khan (Pun) bt Rambel Gul (NWFP) 4-3 (79-18, 68-51, 56-59, 58-26, 42-54, 52-66, 62-29); Mohammad Yousuf (Sindh) bt Vishan Gir (Sindh) 4-1 (20-58, 63-20, 62-16, 60-58, 101-6).

Monday’s fixtures: (pre-quarterfinals)

11.00am: Imran Shahzad v Danish Karim; Atiq Latif Bux v Salman Shaikh; Imtiaz Tipu v Saqib Butt; Sohail Shahzad v Mohammad Riaz.

3.00pm: Syed Mesam Zaidi v Mohammad Yousuf; Khurram Agha v Abu Saim; Rambel Gul v Mohammad Akhlas; Mohammad Asif v Naveen Perwani.