March 10, 2007	Saturday	Safar 20, 1428

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KARACHI, March 9: Punjab qualifier Atif Mughal continued his winning streak as he whipped Sindh’s Sunil Shahani 4-1 in his penultimate group ‘E’ match of the 32nd National Snooker Championship at Karachi Gymkhana on Friday.

After registering five wins on trot, he is now slated to meet Mohammad Shahid on the concluding day of league matches on Sunday. He conceded third frame on way to winning 63-19, 58-13, 42-50, 59-17 and 68-25.

The top four seeds – Khurram Agha, Mohammad Yousuf, Naveen Perwani and Imran Shehzad – play their last league matches on Saturday. All of them have already made it to the knockout stage.

Meanwhile, two more walkovers were reported on Friday taking the tally to five in nine days.

NWFP’s Nauman Awan was awarded walkover against Punjab’s Bilal Ahmed in the first session. Similarly, Shahram Changezi earned full points when his opponent Amar failed to turn up for his match in the last session.

Results:

Qasim Kamani bt Sultan Ali 4-1 (91-2, 90-21, 85-22, 74-77, 74-14), Nauman Awan w/o Bilal Ahmed, Abdul Sattar bt Abdul Razzak Kakar 4-3 (52-23, 76-46, 71-8, 29-59, 44-47, 26-57, 66-32), Mohammad Shahid bt Amanullah 4-0 (57-43, 50-13, 62-20, 68-19), Shafiq bt Hameedullah 4-2 (40-63, 61-58, 74-27, 45-65, 85-38, 53-40), Asim Ghani bt Abdul Rehman Waja 4-2 (first frame awarded to Asim, 62-56, 48-56, 40-58, 64-9, 63-2), Shah Khan bt Awais Honey 4-0 (66-40, 64-14, 49-37, 70-19), Mohsin Raza bt Jahangir Khan 4-3 (55-21, 14-53, 69-44, 60-34, 35-57, 57-69, 62-22), Ziaur Rehman bt Naseem Paracha 4-3 (59-60, 24-61, 40-75, 60-56, 43-31, 69-38, 58-47), Mohammad Riaz bt Jawed Ansari 4-3 (102-16, 51-72, 17-53, 79-12, 42-62, 70-43, 61-15), Asad Pervaiz bt Abdul Jalil 4-3 (63-42, 50-26, 26-78, 34-62, 43-48, 57-17, 70-27), Atif Mughal bt Sunil S. Shahani 4-1 (63-19, 58-13, 42-50, 59-17, 68-25), Shahram Changezi w/o Amar.

Saturday’s fixtures:

Mohammad Asif v Vishan Gir, Khurram Agha v Irfan R. Khan, Naveen Perwani v Imtiaz Tipu, Rambel Gul v Mesam Zaidi at 10am; Salman Shaikh v Abu Saim, Mohammad Yousuf v Imran Qamar, Imran Shehzad v Saqib Butt, Sohail Shehzad v Raees Khan at 12noon; Mohammad Nazir v Ziaur Rehman, Balochistan No 2 v Jawed Ansari, Shahid Shafiq v Asad Perwaiz, Balochistan No 1 v S. S. Shahani at 2pm; Farrukh Usman v Balochistan No 4, Arshad Siddiq v Mohammad Afzal, Kashif Khan v Balochistan No 3, Sharjeel Mahmood v Shahram Changezi at 4pm.