KARACHI, March 23: NWFP Cup champion, Rambel Gul, on Thursday strengthened his claim of making it to the knock out pre-quarterfinal from group ‘H’ when he subdued ninth seed Imtiaz Tipu of Punjab 4-1 to chalk up his third straight win in the 31st National snooker championship.

Qualifier Rambel after dropping the opener 20-57, never allowed Tipu to settle by picking up next four frames 64-35, 59-39, 74-29, 58-1 to earn full points.

Considered as a dark horse, Rambel toppled eighth seed Shehram Changezi 4-2 and Sindh Cup winner Irfan Rasheed Khan 4-3 in the previous two outings. He meets Punjab Cup winner Imran Khan in his fourth match on Friday at 2.00pm.

Sindh Cup quarterfinalist, Jawed Ansari, registered a fine break of 96 in the second frame against NWFP’s qualifier Shah Khan in his 4-1 triumph, second in three games so far.

He was home 54-31, 103-13, 60-10, 42-55, 62-6.

Jawed had already beaten 14th seed, Inamur Rehman, 4-2 on the opening day before going down to third seed Naveen Perwani 1-4 the other day in group ‘C’.

Khurram Agha’s break of 99 against Farhan Noor is tournament’s highest so far.

Results:

Kamran Razzaq (Sindh) bt Khalid Khan (NWFP) 4-1 (66-3, 63-6, 69-25, 42-48, 78-36); Mohammad Sadiq (Pun) bt Taj Mohammad (Bal) 4-1 (50-21, 51-41, 59-43, 43-66, 57-32); Jawed Ansari (Sindh) bt Shah Khan (NWFP) 4-1 (54-31, 103-13, 60-10, 42-55, 62-6); Imran Qamar (Pun) bt Abdul Rehman (Bal) 4-2 (61-27, 34-63, 55-31, 43-46, 96-70, 44-24); Arshad Siddiq (NWFP) bt Kashif Khan (Sindh) 4-1 (57-34, 54-8, 28-57, 56-44, 50-11); Mahmood Khan (Bal) bt Asif Haris (Pun) 4-2 (18-56, 34-59, 52-43, 50-29, 65-52, 57-50); Mohammad Akhlas (Sindh) bt Nauman Awan (NWFP) 4-1 (49-4, 9-107, 67-22, 86-36, 61-13); Imran Khan (Pun) bt Mustafa Hyder (Bal) 4-2 (47-78, 71-28, 68-57, 9-64, 76-34, 66-6); Sohail Shahzad (Sindh) bt Naeem Jaffar (Bal) 4-1 (74-1, 27-54, 53-43, 60-14, 51-16); Raees Khan (Pun) bt Mohammad Kashif (Sindh) 4-2 (62-8, 88-22, 44-53, 8-49, 72-13, 69-6); InamurRehman (NWFP) bt Mohammad Sharif (Pun) 4-0 (80-43, 71-32, 68-26, 80-11); Minhas Malik (Pun) bt Yasir Shahzad (NWFP) 4-1 (67-13, 51-40, 74-5, 52-60, 78-50); Salman Shaikh (Sindh) bt Mohammad Yousuf (Bal) 4-0 (61-24, 106-0, 87-0, 55-12); Mohammad Asif (Pun) bt Farhan Noor (Pun) 4-0 (60-23, 76-9, 63-24, 74-53); Rambel Gul (NWFP) bt Imtiaz Tipu (Pun) 4-1 (20-57, 64-35, 59-39, 74-29, 58-1).

Friday’s fixtures:

10.00am: Mohammad Yousuf v Raja Rashid; Saleh Mohammad v Mohammad Hussain; Naveen Perwani v Mohammad Ali; Abu Saim v Mesam Zaidi

12.00pm: Atiq Latif Bux v Tahir Rasheed; Imran Shehzad v Hamid Bata; Khurram Agha v Jan Ali; Shehram Changezi v Irfan Rasheed Khan

2.00pm: Arshad Siddiq v Mohammad Yousuf; Mehmood Khan v Vishan Gir; Mohammad Akhlas v Farhan Noor; Imran Khan v Rambel Gul

4.00pm: Khalid v Naeem Jaffer; Taj Mohammad v Mohammad Kashif; Jawed Ansari v Mohammad Sharif; Imran Qamar v Yasir Shahzad.