KARACHI: The top two seeds — Asjad Iqbal and Shahid Aftab — fell prey to outsiders which ended their unbeaten run in the Jubilee Insurance third ranking snooker championship at the Karachi Gymkhana on Monday.

Former Pakistan No 1 Khurram Agha stunned top seed Asjad 4-2 (74-30, 13-55, 89-1, 69-50, 16-83, 64-16) while Mohammad Ishtiaq sent Shahid packing in the fully stretched battle (19-79, 0-48, 70-18, 87-24, 23-54, 100-0, 62-14).

In yet another minor upset, 17th ranked Zulfiqar A. Qadir shocked 13th ranked and former Asian junior No 2 Mohammad Majid Ali 4-3 to confirm his place in the last eight from group D.

Zulfiqar won the duel 34-61, 78-55, 46-74, 87-51, 37-87, 96-45, 68-0.

Meanwhile, Khurram and Mohammad Asif emerged group A and D champions respectively. They will be joined by five cueists on completion of the league on Tuesday.

Results:

Sohail Shehzad (Sindh) bt Agha Bilawal (Sindh) 4-2 (10-59, 78-27, 17-69, 60-52, 64-34, 57-16); Mohammad Bilal (Punjab) bt Haris Tahir (Punjab) 4-2 (84-14, 46-55, 64-27, 57-15, 7-75, 66-11); Mubashir Raza (Punjab) bt Nadir Miraan (Punjab) 4-3 (42-5, 43-74, 55-22, 11-61, 65-14, 31-65, 79-0); Mohammad Majid Ali (Punjab) bt Mohammad Sajjad (Punjab) 4-0 (83-45, 62-24, 76-10, 60-58); Shahram Changezi (Islamabad) bt Mohammad Asif Toba (Punjab) 4-2 (32-67, 78-36, 65-50, 61-51, 13-49, 66-57); M. Ahsan Javiad (Punjab) bt Abu Saim (Punjab) 4-1 (96-7, 62-54, 82-52, 40-60, 70-29); Imran Shehzad (Punjab) bt Shah Khan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 4-2 (63-27, 72-26, 25-55, 44-5, 48-65, 79-2); Zulfiqar A. Qadir (Sindh) bt Sharjeel Mehmood (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 4-2 (58-57, 44-77, 58-12, 67-53, 51-59, 121-0); Khurram Agha (Sindh) bt Asjad Iqbal (Punjab) 4-2 (74-30, 13-55, 89-1, 69-50, 16-83, 64-16); Mohammad Ishtiaq (Sindh) bt Shahid Aftab (Punjab) 4-3 (19-79, 0-48, 70-18, 87-24, 23-54, 100-0, 62-14); Mohammad Ijaz (Punjab) bt Babar Masih (Punjab) 4-1 (69-26, 119-6, 72-29, 12-76, 39-10); Mohammad Asif (Punjab) bt Abdul Sattar (Sindh) 4-1 (63-31, 70-0, 80-22, 30-72, 61-57); Shahram Changezi (Islamabad) bt Agha Bilawal (Sindh) 4-0 (64-33, 108-18, 64-53, 61-20); M. Ahsan Javiad (Punjab) bt Haris Tahir (Punjab) 4-2 (55-64, 60-69, 77-35, 72-57, 84-22, 78-40); Imran Shehzad (Punjab) bt Nadir Miraan (Punjab) 4-1 (47-25, 65-29, 30-88, 79-30, 66-53); Zulfiqar A. Qadir (Sindh) bt Mohammad Majid Ali (Punjab) 4-3 (34-61, 78-55, 46-74, 87-51, 37-87, 96-45, 68-0).

Sunday’s remaining results:

Mohammad Asif Toba (Punjab) bt Mohammad Rafiq (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 4-1 (73-12, 56-44, 46-14, 43-45, 62-1); Abu Saim (Punjab) bt Umer Farooq (Punjab) 4-2 (70-42, 32-83, 9-79, 67-58, 57-38, 70-21); Shah Khan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt Sheikh M. Mudassir (Punjab) 4-1 (0-93 59-30, 65-27, 69-38, 73-48); Sharjeel Mehmood (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt M. Naseem Akhtar (Punjab) 4-3 (22-61, 51-13, 33-63, 44-67, 63-14, 66-12, 51-21); Asjad Iqbal (Punjab) bt Agha Bilawal (Sindh) 4-2 (81-0, 64-32, 0-110, 83-5, 25-56, 64-1); Shahid Aftab (Punjab) bt Haris Tahir (Punjab) 4-1 (90-0, 58-67, 63-40, 65-5, 63-26); Mohammad Ijaz (Punjab) bt Nadir Miraan (Punjab) 4-0 (59-54, 59-50, 71-20, 69-0); Abdul Sattar (Sindh) bt Mohammad Majid Ali (Punjab) 4-1 (23-49, 58-24, 85-13, 102-0, 50-30).

Published in Dawn, October 17th, 2017