KARACHI, March 3: Out of form Farhan Mirza, a former national champion, continued to be on the receiving end as he suffered second consecutive defeat in the 32nd National snooker championship at Karachi Gymkhana on Saturday.

After going down to veteran Mohammad Yousuf 2-4 in the opener in group ‘B’, he tasted yet another straight defeat at the hands of Punjab’s Imran Qamar. The latter won 58-27, 76-22, 69-47 and 61-30.

Ninth seed Abu Saim progressed with his winning stride when he conjured up 4-2 win against Kamran Razzak. His victim on the opening day was NWFP qualifier Hameedullah. Saim won the battle 21-62, 80-28, 74-39, 32-52, 79-8 and 68-21.

Punjab qualifier Atif Mughal who toppled fifth seed Rambel Gul 4-3 on Thursday put up another dazzling performance by disposing off 12th seed Syed Mesam Zaidi by the identical margin in group ‘E’. Final scores were 87-51, 72-45, 70-50, 34-74, 47-52, 44-55 and 46-37.

Atif’s shining performance has put him in a better position to qualify for the knock-out stage.

Results:

Vishan Gir bt Naseem Paracha 4-1 (69-3, 69-28, 6-59, 64-23, 74-12); Irfan R. Khan bt Mohammad Riaz 4-1 (16-87, 65-37, 57-50, 73-35, 57-56); M. Imtiaz Tipu bt Abdul Jalil 4-0 (62-6, 104-12, 70-4, 52-25); Atif Mughal bt Syed Mesam Zaidi 4-3 (87-51, 72-45, 70-50, 34-74, 47-52, 44-55, 46-37); Abu Saim bt Kamran Razzak 4-2 (21-62, 80-28, 74-39, 32-52, 79-8, 68-21); Imran Qamar bt Farhan Mirza 4-0 (58-27, 76-22, 69-47, 61-30); Saqib Butt bt Mohammad Ali Zaidi 4-1 (71-17, 51-41, 68-33, 30-56, 72-16); Raees Khan bt Ammar 4-0 (65-15, 57-9, 52-24, 70-22); Asad Pervaiz bt Abdul Sattar 4-0 (first frame awarded, 51-34, 43-35, 65-53); Sunil S. Shahani bt Amanullah 4-0 (72-47, 57-50, 66-55, 46-37).

Sunday’s fixtures:

Mohammad Asif v Qasim Kamani, Khurram Agha v Nauman Awan, Naveen Perwani v Abdul Sattar, Rambel Gul v Amanullah at 10am; Salman Shaikh v Shafiq, Mohammad Yousuf v Bal No 6, Imran Shehzad v Awais Honey, Sohail Shehzad v Bal No 5 at 12noon; Vishan Gir v Ziaur Rehman, Irfan R. Khan v Jawed Ansari, Imtiaz Tipu v Asad Pervaiz, S. Mesam Zaidi v S. S. Shahani at 2pm; Abu Saim v Bal No 4, Imran Qamar v Mohammad Afzal, Saqib Butt v Bal No 3 at 4pm.