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KARACHI: Pakistan No 2 Imran Shehzad continued his winning spree when he blanked Farhan Khan 4-0 on the second day of the third NBP ranking snooker championship at Karachi Club on Thursday.
Punjab’s Imran, who was home 4-1 against Sindh junior champion Bilawal Agha on Wednesday, registered an authoritative 82-61, 68-38, 61-10, 73-63 victory over KP’s Farhan Khan in group ‘B.’ He meets Ayaz Khan in the last group match on Friday at 12noon.
Defending champion Asjad Iqbal fought rigourously to inflict 4-3 defeat on former national champion Khurram Agha in the fully stretched battle.
Asjad, who fell 3-4 to lowly ranked Imran Qamar the other day, won the match 70-38, 21-69, 41-63, 88-19, 16-71, 78-40, 63-54 to open his account in group ‘H.’
Umair Alam, a former Sindh champion, who stole the limelight with a solid break of 128 in the opener, suffered 3-4 defeat at the hands of former Sindh junior champion, Mohammad Ishtiaq. The latter won 67-61, 69-55, 54-67, 38-71, 38-55, 66-56, 64-24.
Former international Naveen Perwani also consolidated his position to qualify for the knockout by getting the better of Rashid Mehmood Abbasi 4-3. He got a walkover against Arshad Siddiq the other day.
The league matches concludes on Friday.
Results: Asjad Iqbal (Punjab) bt Khurram Agha (Sindh) 4-3 (70-38, 21-69, 41-63, 88-19, 16-71, 78-40, 63-54); Rambel Gul (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt Arshad Siddiq (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) (walkover); Mohammad Javed (Punjab) bt Faisal Kashmiri (Sindh) 4-3 (44-58, 47-64, 69-39, 77-11, 40-48, 65-24, 75-22); Mohammad Yousuf (Sindh) bt Hameedullah (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) (walkover); Mohammad Ishtiaq (Sindh) bt Umair Alam (Sindh) 4-3 (67-61, 69-55, 54-67, 38-71, 38-55, 66-56, 64-24); Bilawal Agha (Sindh) bt Ayaz Khan (Punjab) 4-0 (61-33, 56-53, 65-22, 68-33); Abdul Sattar (Sindh) bt Hamza Akbar (Punjab) 4-3 (55-32, 61-33, 15-71, 88-9, 4-78, 30-61, 61-40); Nauman Awan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt Abdul Rehman (Balochistan) 4-0 (61-39, 85-24, 67-43, 60-49); Mohammad Asif (Punjab) bt Imran Qamar (Punjab) (47-62, 78-33, 8-53, 128-0, 77-0, 21-62, 76-49); Naveen Perwani (Sindh) bt Rashid Mahmood Abbasi (Punjab) 4-3 (67-34, 44-69, 96-25, 13-55, 46-59, 63-39, 66-2); Sohail Shahzad (Sindh) bt Sharjeel Mehmood (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 4-2 (72-17, 10-70, 68-22, 65-34, 27-61, 64-56); M. Asif Toba (Punjab) bt Shah Khan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 4-2 (55-42, 19-66, 27-52, 54-43, 68-17, 59-31); Sultan Mohammad (Sindh) bt Zahoor Ahmed (Balochistan) 4-0 (50-44, 53-16, 59-1, 54-30); Imran Shehzad (Punjab) bt Farhan Khan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 4-0 (82-61, 68-38, 61-10, 73-63); Mohammad Imran (Punjab) bt Mohammad Sajjad (Punjab) (walkover).
