KARACHI, July 23 Sindh's Sohail Shehzad, the 12th seed, pulled off the biggest upset to date when he ruthlessly beat top seed and former national champion Mohammad Sajjad 4-0 to end his winning streak in the National Ranking Snooker Cup at Karachi Gymkhana on Thursday.
Sohail completely dominated the play and gave no room to his opponent to settle down. He was home 81-6, 67-8, 68-14, 70-16.
Three players — Sohail, Sajjad and Vishan Gir — are in contention for top two slots from group A in the knockout quarter-finals.
Second seed Raees Khan also fell prey to Mohammad Afzal 4-3 the score being 18-70, 27-71, 57-38, 68-57, 62-49, 15-61, 77-43.
Besides the top two seeds, four more players among the top eight went down on a day of upsets. They include fourth seed Sharjeel Mahmood, sixth seed Inam-ur-Rehman, seventh seed Naveen Perwani and eighth seed Vishan Gir.
Sharjeel suffered 1-4 loss to Mohammad Jawed, Inam went down to Rambel Gul by identical margin, Naveen lost 3-4 to Sultan Mohammad while Vishan went down straight to Imran Shehzad.
The league matches concludes on Friday.
Results
Khurram Agha (Sindh) bt Mohammad Nazeer (Punjab) 4-0 (83-34, 71-2, 67-13, 56-39); Imran Shehzad (Punjab) bt Vishan Gir (Sindh) 4-0 (86-36, 89-44, 65-18, 58-49); Sultan Mohammad (Sindh) bt Naveen Perwani (Sindh) 4-3 (60-37, 73-43, 5-73, 7-75, 62-73, 66-35, 58-21); Rambel Gul (NWFP) bt Inam-ur-Rehman (NWFP) 4-1 (54-42, 53-76, 61-23, 68-6, 70-15); Mohammad Asif Toba (Punjab) bt Qadeer Butt (Punjab) 4-1 (54-42, 41-58, 75-29, 90-37, 59-5); Mohammad Naeem (Punjab) bt Atif Mughal (Punjab) 4-3 (43-80, 51-48, 41-58, 81-2, 2-70, 65-62, 75-11); Kamran Shah (Balochistan) walkover
Agha Bilawal (Sindh); Jawed Ansari (Sindh) bt Nauman Awan (NWFP) 4-1 (55-86, 50-28, 56-43, 77-13, 78-17); Shadab Baig (Sindh) bt Kamran Razzak (Sindh) 4-2 (65-49, 70-44, 36-62, 12-47, 63-35, 77-16); Hamza Akbar (Punjab) bt Umair Alam (Sindh) 4-3 (77-0, 55-63, 37-77, 66-26, 70-28, 41-72, 82-8); Mohammad Yousuf (Sindh) bt Asjad Iqbal (Punjab) 4-0 (56-37, 66-39, 69-3, 59-34); Saqib Butt (Punjab) bt Bahadur Baloch (Balochistan) 4-3 (62-6, 54-57, 65-9, 51-50, 49-54, 41-65, 64-31); Mohammad Jawed (Punjab) bt Sharjeel Mahmood (NWFP) 4-1 (58-25, 51-40, 19-93, 72-50, 65-48); Sohail Shehzad (Sindh) bt Mohammad Sajjad (Punjab) 4-0 (81-6, 67-8, 68-14, 70-16); Mohammad Afzal (Punjab) bt Raees Khan (Punjab) 4-3 (18-70, 27-71, 57-38, 68-57, 62-49, 15-61, 77-43); Mohammad Asif (Punjab) bt Qasim Kamani (Sindh) 4-0 (75-45, 77-11, 13-44, 57-42).
Friday's fixtures
Matches start at 10.00am.
