KARACHI: Three of the eight players moved into the quarter-finals of the third Jubilee Insurance ranking snooker championship on the penultimate day of the league round at Karachi Gymkhana on Sunday.

The three cueists, two of whom are unbeaten — Shehram Changezi and Sharjeel Mehmood — along with Asjad Iqbal, were through to the last eight and the line-up will be completed when remaining five joins on completion of group matches on Monday.

Islamabad’s Shehram, who has spent couple of weeks in England and played professional qualifiers, sent Vishan Gir packing 4-0 to post sixth straight victory in group B. He was home 79-45, 53-49, 77-45, 59-41.

Sharjeel, who hails from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, coasted to 4-2 victory over veteran Naveen Perwani to stay unbeaten in Group ‘D’. He conceded two frames while registering 44-60, 76-19, 55-40, 27-61, 79-8, 70-9 victory.

Promising Asjad, the NBP Cup champion last month, trounced Shahid Aftab 4-1 to become second player from group B to advance into quarters. He had five wins and a defeat to his credit so far. He beat his opponent 77-33, 62-37, 51-65, 58-18, 58-6.

Meanwhile, former Asian No 2 Mohammad Sajjad ended winning streak of ex-Pakistan No 1 Khurram Agha imposing to 4-1 victory the scores being 40-71, 92-12, 53-51, 66-37, 67-28.

Results: Mohammad Javed (Punjab) bt Mohammad Majid (Punjab) 4-2 (22-80, 73-16, 86-37, 80-14, 54-65, 44-30); Shehram Changezi (Islamabad) bt Vishan Gir (Sindh) 4-0 (79-45, 53-49, 77-45, 59-41); Sohail Shehzad (Sindh) bt Abdul Sattar (Sindh) 4-2 (68-59, 21-62, 63-56, 46-76, 69-22, 62-9); Sharjeel Mehmood (KP) bt Naveen Perwani (Sindh) 4-2 (44-60, 76-19, 55-40, 27-61, 79-8, 70-9); Mohammad Asif (Punjab) bt Mohammad Nazeer (Punjab) 4-2 (57-14, 62-24, 75-2, 30-55, 8-115, 73-36); Asjad Iqbal (Punjab) bt Shahid Aftab (Punjab) 4-1 (77-33, 62-37, 51-65, 58-18, 58-6); Mohammad Imran (Punjab) bt Sultan Mohammad (Sindh) 4-3 (64-38, 20-75, 9-75, 29-61, 61-37, 55-41, 75-4); Mohammad Sajjad (Punjab) bt Khurram H. Agha (Sindh) 4-1 (40-71, 92-12, 53-51, 66-37, 67-28); Bilawal Agha (Sindh) bt Umair Alam (Sindh) 4-1 (55-34, 60-47, 67-62, 23-63, 52-38); Mohammad Afzal (Punjab) bt Jawed Ansari (Sindh) 4-3 (11-62, 55-18, 48-66, 59-53, 39-57, 100-21, 57-47); Mohammad Bilal (Punjab) bt Shah Khan (KP) 4-3 (28-63, 64-18, 109-2, 26-59, 78-1, 18-62, 53-42); Mohammad Ishtiaq (Sindh) bt Farhan Noor (Punjab) 4-3 (58-24, 29-78, 66-27, 14-74, 73-20, 20-68, 69-43); Mohammad Yousuf (Sindh) bt Abdul Rauf Kurd (Balochistan) 4-3 (37-65, 79-32, 60-18, 61-72, 42-78, 52-33, 69-13); Zahoor Ahmed (Balochistan) bt Abu Saim (Punjab) 4-3 (69-38, 16-72, 18-78, 69-37, 0-101, 61-60, 65-7).

Monday’s fixtures: Bilawal Agha v Mohammad Asif Toba, Mohammad Afzal v Abdul Rauf Kurd, Shah Khan v Mohammad Akmal, Farhan Noor v Zahoor Ahmed at 10:00am; Mohammad Nazeer v Mohammad Jawed, Shahid Aftab v Shehram Changezi, Mohammad Imran v Sohail Shehzad, Khurram Hussain Agha v Sharjeel Mehmood at 12:00noon; Mohammad Asif v Mohammad Majid, Asjad Iqbal v Vishan Gir, Sultan Mohammad v Abdul Sattar, Mohammad Sajjad v Naveen Perwani at 2:00pm; Farrukh Usman Brohi v Umair Alam, Mohammad Yousuf v Javed Ansari, Imran Shehzad v Mohammad Bilal, Abu Saim v Mohammad Ishtiaq at 4:00pm.