KARACHI, Feb 2: Mohammad Majid, the junior No 2, continued his winning run by registering a second successive victory in the 37th National snooker championship at Karachi Gymkhana on Thursday.

Majid, who stunned seventh seed Mohammad Asif Toba 4-1 in the group ‘G’ opener the other day, was on song by inflicting a 4-3 defeat on Sindh No 1 Mohammad Ishtiaq with the scores being 63-50, 43-23, 63-52, 29-70, 39-70, 37-70, 45-43. Contrary to Majid’s fine performance, junior champion Hunain Aamir suffered a second straight defeat when he lost 2-4 to Mohammad Nazeer.

Defending champion and fourth seed Shahid Aftab, second seed Mohammad Asif, former Asian No 2 and fifth seed Mohammad Sajjad, his pupil Asjad Iqbal also kept their winning run intact.

Pakistan No 1 Imran Shahzad, who suffered straight defeat at the hands of Sindh qualifier Vishan Gir on Wednesday, found his touch by prevailing over Yasir Shehzad 62-35, 49-41, 60-21, 63-21.

Results: Asjad Iqbal (Punjab) bt Farrukh Usman Brohi (Sindh) 4-1 (77-31, 21-76, 65-30, 52-40, 62-44); Mohammad Sajjad (Punjab) bt Farhan Khan (KP) 4-0 (120-0, 65-30, 88-17, 72-15); Abdul Sattar (Sindh) bt M. Naeem Jaffer (Balochistan) 4-0 (71-28, 62-34, 48-32, 74-24); Farhan Noor (Punjab) bt Mohammad Asif Toba (Punjab) 4-1 (70-40, 92-25, 59-49, 1-110, 56-45); Shahid Aftab (Punjab) bt Javed Ansari (Sindh) 4-0 (49-46, 56-26, 104-25, 69-48); Imran Shahzad (Punjab) bt Yasir Shehzad (KP) 4-0 (62-35, 49-41, 60-21, 63-21); Mohammad Asif (Punjab) bt Abdul Raziq (Balochistan) 4-0 (61-9, 69-9, 70-59, 59-21); Sharjeel Mehmood (KP) bt Mohammad Bilal (Punjab) 4-3 (33-60, 64-30, 52-63, 67-25, 42-86, 61-14, 80-12); Mohammad Nazeer (Punjab) bt Hunain Aamir (Punjab) 4-2 (45-65, 56-23, 65-17, 70-64, 12-99, 78-44; Ali Raza (Punjab) bt Abdul Rauf Kurd (Balochistan) 4-2 (51-53, 23-63, 74-27, 57-8, 80-69, 52-30); Shah Khan (KP) bt Mohammad Akmal (Sindh) 4-2 (34-59, 26-79, 65-40, 57-49, 58-48, 67-11); Mohammad Majid (Punjab) bt Mohammad Ishtiaq (Sindh) 4-3 (63-50, 43-23, 63-52, 29-70, 39-70, 37-70, 45-43); Mohammad Afzal (Punjab) bt Nauman Awan (KP) 4-1 (66-25, 65-53, 19-54, 72-17, 66-42); Zahoor Ahmed (Balochistan) bt Vishan Gir (Sindh) 4-2 (50-64, 70-20, 11-64, 80-64, 50-37, 68-57); Abu Saim (Punjab) bt Rambel Gul (KP) 4-2 (3-74, 72-26, 50-61, 70-55, 66-1, 67-26).

Friday’s fixtures: Matches start from 10:00am onwards.