KARACHI: Pakistan No 1 and top seed Imran Shahzad of Punjab, who is struggling to get his touch after undergoing dengue treatment recently, conjured up 4-2 victory over Sindh’s Qassim Kamani in the ranking snooker championship at Karachi Gymkhana on Monday.
Imran, who lost the group A opener to lowly ranked Farrukh Usman on Sunday, recovered from two frames down to post 1-86, 29-69, 66-29, 77-39, 69-23, 73-20 victory over his opponent.
Second seed Sohail Shahzad of Sindh handed out a 4-1 defeat to province mate Mohammad Ishtiaq the scores being 43-59, 51-34, 71-16, 87-0, 79-66.
Meanwhile, the league matches concludes on Tuesday while the knockout starts the following day.
Results: M. Asif Toba (Punjab) bt Abdul Rehman (Balochistan) 4-0 (72-8, 67-44, 61-34. Rehman awarded the fourth frame to Asif); Khurram H. Agha (Sindh) bt Nauman Awan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 4-1 (76-43, 72-23, 35-70, 58-46, 59-38); Faisal Kashmiri (Sindh) bt Mohammad Yousuf (Sindh) 4-1 (65-38, 66-36, 19-64, 60-41, 59-23); Shahid Aftab (Punjab) bt Zahoor Ahmed (Balochistan) 4-3 (80-1, 36-63, 53-65, 68-52, 51-67, 68-18, 69-18); Mohammad Imran (Punjab) bt M. Naeem Jaffer (Balochistan) 4-2 (66-15, 78-9, 33-49, 36-70, 57-48, 44-22); Rashid Mehmood (Punjab) bt Jawed Ansari (Sindh) 4-3 (40-58, 41-66, 65-45, 51-64, 68-45, 75-65, 73-49); Imran Qamar (Punjab) bt Farukh Usman (Sindh) 4-2 (60-39, 58-48, 56-68, 21-85, 73-21, 79-34); Sharjeel Mehmood (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa)) bt Abu Saim (Punjab) 4-3 (49-63, 67-8, 76-41, 31-68, 77-1, 59-75, 63-41); Mohammad Jawed (Punjab) bt Umair Alam (Sindh) 4-0 (64-20, 57-26, 52-27, 58-55); Sultan Mohammad (Sindh) bt Bilawal Agha (Sindh) 4-0 (57-44, 66-8, 68-15, 80-50); Asjad Iqbal (Punjab) bt Naveen Perwani (Sindh) 4-2 (49-65, 46-36, 70-35, 66-15, 8-62, 86-49); Imran Shahzad (Punjab) bt Qassim Kamani (Sindh) 4-2 (1-86, 29-69, 66-29, 77-39, 69-23, 73-20); Mohammad Asif (Punjab) bt Hamza Akbar (Punjab) 4-3 (27-81, 58-50, 59-69, 59-39, 57-53, 42-65, 57-35); Sohail Shahzad (Sindh) bt Mohammad Ishtiaq (Sindh) 4-1 (43-59, 51-34, 71-16, 87-0, 79-66).
Tuesday’s fixtures: Matches starts at 10am.
