March 19, 2008	Wednesday	Rabi-ul-Awwal 10, 1429

KARACHI, March 18: Two provincial champions Javed Ansari (Sindh) and Farhan Noor (Punjab) eased to victory while NWFP champion Nouman Awan suffered defeat in the 33rd National snooker championship at Karachi Gymkhana on Tuesday.

Trailing 1-2 Javed came from behind to post a 4-2 win over NWFP’s Mohammad Aqeel the scores being 56-36, 61-69, 41-53, 66-28, 53-34, 82-54.

Farhan, on the other hand, had no difficulty in overcoming the national junior champion Ayaz Khan 4-0. He was home 54-13, 85-59, 72-60, 60-23.

Fresh from his 4-3 triumph over sixth seed Shehram Changezi the other day, Sindh’s Abdul Sattar gave yet another dazzling performance with a 4-1 victory over Nouman 37-69, 56-54, 58-43, 60-15, 66-35.

Punjab’s Mohammad Sajjad, who also created a scare by getting the better of holder Naveen Perwani 4-2 on Monday, notched up 4-1 win over Abdul Rauf Kurd from Balochistan. Final scores 65-68, 82-10, 69-5, 41-38, 68-9. His scores carry breaks of 44, 56, 60 and 68 in the first, second, third and fifth frames.

Results:

Mohammad Asif Toba (Pun) bt Ali Daryab (Bal) 4-1 (36-63, 53-42, 66-36, 58-3, 51-23); Inamur Rehman (NWFP) bt Waqas Malik (Sindh) 4-2 (90-0, 37-64, 45-83, 60-42, 74-38, 45-16); Saqib Butt (Pun) bt Ahsan Javed (Pun) 4-0 (79-51, 67-58, 92-9, 67-34); Qasim Kamani (Sindh) bt Hameedullah (NWFP) 4-2 (105-1, 38-63, 10-68, 63-43, 65-46, 91-26); Mohammad Sajjad (Pun) bt Abdul Rauf Kurd (Bal) 4-1 (65-68, 82-10, 69-5, 41-38, 68-9); Abdul Sattar (Sindh) bt Nouman Awan (NWFP) 4-1 (37-69, 56-54, 58-43, 60-15, 66-35); Farhan Noor (Pun) bt Ayaz Khan (Pun) 4-0 (54-13, 85-59, 72-60, 60-23); Javed Ansari (Sindh) bt Mohammad Aqeel (NWFP) 4-2 (56-36, 61-69, 41-53, 66-28, 53-34, 82-54); Mudassir (NWFP) bt Rambel Gul (NWFP) 4-2 (67-42, 1-66, 65-47, 71-49, 37-72, 47-15); Mohammad Shahid (Pun) bt Qadeer Butt (Pun) 4-0 (70-39, 63-46, 67-56, 78-41); Sohail Shehzad (Sindh) bt Kashif Khan (Sindh) 4-3 (63-27, 26-69, 89-11, 86-28, 18-67, 48-57, 100-0); Atif Mughal (Pun) bt Tahir Abbas (Pun) 4-1 (66-29, 20-57, 58-20, 63-4, 87-0); Raees Khan (Pun) bt Abdul Samad (Sindh) 4-0 (50-12, 76-0, 55-52, 92-7).

Wednesday’s fixtures:

Saleh Mohammad v Salman Shaikh, Imran Shahzad v Kamran Shah, Mohammad Yousuf v Arshad Siddiq, Khurram Agha v Ali Shahzad Butt at 10.00am; Naveen Perwani v Mohammad Imran, Shehram Changezi v Mohammad Ali, Abu Saim v Sharjeel Mahmood, Imtiaz Sarwer v Mohammad Asif at 12.00noon; Mohammad Sajjad v Shah Khan, Abdul Sattar v Imran Qamar, Ayaz Khan v Abdul Samad, Mohammad Aqeel v Mohammad Afzal at 2.00pm; Mohammad Asif Toba v Mudassir, Waqas Malik v Qadeer Butt, Ahsan Javed v Kashif Khan, Hameedullah v Tahir Abbas at 4.00pm.