KARACHI: Third seed Sultan Mohammad of Sindh continued his dismal run as former Asian No 2 and fifth seed Mohammad Sajjad suffered his first defeat on the second day of 38th National Snooker Championship at Karachi Gymkhana on Monday.
Sultan who was the runner-up in the last national event has failed to find his touch, losing two group C matches in as many days.
After losing opener to qualifier from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Aakash Rafique on Sunday, Sultan was blanked by former Pakistan No 1 Imran Shehzad 4-0. The latter won 67-31, 81-31, 66-27, 61-52.
Sajjad, a former national champion, who is trailing at sixth place in the national ranking, went down to Rambel Gul of KP in seven frames in group E match. Qualifier Gul won 88-16, 72-27, 43-83, 14-63, 63-15, 34-47, 51-41.
Meanwhile, world champion and top seed Mohammad Asif got his act together by getting the better of Amir Shehzad of KP 4-0 the scores being 95-12, 61-8, 84-39, 58-51. Asif has lost his opening match to former Sindh champion Mohammad Ishtiaq the other day.
Meanwhile, Amir Tariq of Punjab was unlucky to score a century break as he mustered 99 in the fourth frame against Shah Khan of KP while suffering 2-4 defeat.
Results: Rambel Gul (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt Mohammad Sajjad (Punjab) 4-3 (88-16, 72-27, 43-83, 14-63, 63-15, 34-47, 51-41); Mohammad Javed (Punjab) bt Abdul Rehman (Balochistan) 4-1 (23-59, 53-20, 63-27, 59-49, 50-27); Shahid Aftab (Punjab) bt Khizar Aziz (Sindh) 4-1 (57-20, 0-62, 56-8, 74-26, 55-31); Sharjeel Mehmood (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt Farhan Noor (Punjab) 4-3 (42-67, 56-44, 58-65, 88-1, 68-0, 42-91, 52-9); Mohammad Asif (Punjab) bt Amir Shehzad (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 4-0 (95-12, 61-8, 84-39, 58-51); Asjad Iqbal (Punjab) bt Najeebullah (Balochistan) walkover; Imran Shehzad (Punjab) bt Sultan Mohammad (Sindh) 4-0 (67-31, 81-31, 66-27, 61-52); Sohail Shehzad (Sindh) bt Mohammad Uzair Aziz (Sindh) 4-2 (17-106, 67-55, 56-39, 54-46, 58-70, 62-44); Bahadur Khan (Balochistan) bt Mohammad Javed Ansari (Sindh) 4-2 (16-60, 60-8, 12-80, 68-20, 69-60, 81-25); Mohammad Bilal (Punjab) bt Ayaz Khan (Islamabad) 4-3 (13-95, 74-41, 71-29, 67-75, 65-32, 41-66, 63-57); Shah Khan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt Amir Tariq (Punjab) 4-2 (64-39, 61-29, 60-20, 1-103, 14-59, 64-43); Amir Rasheed (Punjab) bt Shafiullah (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 4-0 (55-35, 69-18, 61-0, 63-6); Naveen Perwani (Sindh) bt Mohsin Amin (Punjab) 4-2 (55-75, 72-26, 47-55, 64-41, 56-42, 69-66); Abdul Majid (Sindh) bt Aakash Rafique (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 4-3 (92-0, 73-47, 17-59, 64-49, 53-61, 28-65, 61-8); Hamza Akber (Punjab) bt Qamar Zaman (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 4-0 (52-1, 70-50, 59-45, 75-10).
Tuesday’s fixtures: Babar Masih v Mohammad Ishtiaq, Abu Saim v Amir Rasheed, Mohammad Yousuf v Aakash Rafique, Umair Alam v Qamar Zaman at 10am; Mohammad Majid Ali v Mohammad Javed Ansari, Abdul Sattar v Mohammad Bilal, Vishan Gir v Amir Tariq, Khurram Agha v Mohsin Amin at 12noon; Mohammad Asif v Saqib Bashir, Asjad Iqbal v Shafiullah, Sultan Mohammad v Abdul Majid, Sohail Shehzad v Hamza Akbar at 2pm; Mohammad Sajjad v Bahadur Khan, Mohammad Javed v Ayaz Khan, Shahid Aftab v Shah Khan, Sharjeel Mehmood v Naveen Perwani at 4pm.
