KARACHI, April 14: Fifth seed Saleh Mohammad stole the limelight on the second day of the Sixth Red & White Style Snooker Championship when he stroked a marvellous 141 clearance in his 4-1 victory over Ahmed Bawany at the Karachi Gymkhana on Sunday.

Potting everything in sight, Saleh was one point ahead of Yousuf’s magnificent 140 clearance a day before against Mustafa Hyder, but just failed to equal his Pakistan record of 144.

Saleh, a former world No 3, chalked up a break of 50 in the opening frame (69/16) to which Bawany replied with 46 points on the trot in the next frame (75/46) to equalize the frame scores 1-1.

But that effort was to be Bawany’s last hurrah and Saleh won the next three frames 51/48, 62/55, 141/0 and the match to perch himself on top in Group E.

Second seed and defending champion Farhan Mirza, after getting a walkover the previous day, beat Punjab’s Khurram Khan 68/43, 79/59, 62/61.

But top seed Khurram Hussain Agha made a narrow escape when he beat Fahad Asif of Punjab on the black. Khurram won 64/36, 13/63, 21/72, 59/29, 70/42, 16/80, 54/53.

Sixth seed Imran Shehzad registered another victory, beating Mohammad Amin 4-1, whilst eight seed Shakeel Bhatti had to break into a sweat once again, while disposing off Azeem Akhtar 4-2.

Danish Haroon had the mortification of losing once again by a 3-4 margin, going down to Faisal Essa after leading 2-0 and 3-2 at one stage of the match.

In another game that went the full distance, former Pakistan No.2 Younus Amir Bux from the KPT, beat Noman Awan 4-3.

Second day’s results:

Shakeel Bhatti bt Azeem Akhtar 4-2 (40/52, 63/49, 63/29, 52/59, 62/36, 65/17); Saleh Mohammad bt Ahmad Bawany 4-1 (69/16, 46/75, 51/48, 62/55, 141/0); Imran Shahzad bt Mohammad Amin 4-1 (52/41, 41/12, 61/3, 55/61, 73/18); Atiq Latif Bux walkover against Inam-ur-Rehman, Naveen Perwani walkover against Hassan Shuja; Khurram Agha bt Fahad Asif 4-3 (64/36, 13/63, 21/72, 59/29, 70/42, 16/80, 54/53); Farhan Mirza bt Khurram Khan 4-0 (68/43, 79/59, 62/61, 79/19); Mohammad Yousuf walkover against Atif Mughal; Faisal Essa bt Danish Haroon 4-3 (39/66, 45/55, 70/60, 71/65, 56/58, 60/51, 64/36); Farhan Noor bt Kamran Shah 4-1 (65/49, 68/19, 35/60, 83/52, 58/56); Rambel Gul bt Saqib Butt 4-2 (52/12, 65/16, 73/17, 0/62, 31/64, 77/42); Mohammad Nazir bt Naseer Khan 4-2 (49/28, 27/65, 30/65, 53/15, 52/41, 61/21); Irfan R.Khan bt Shadab Baig 4-2 (48/75, 71/26, 64/18, 37/75, 62/19, 58/55); Younus A.Bux bt Nauman Awan 4-3 (72/21, 68/25, 58/44, 24/63, 15/60, 12/58, 59/23); A.Qadeer Bux walkover against Nadir Khan; Mustafa Hyder bt Raees Khan 4-1 (80/28, 58/2, 56/19, 31/68, 63/53).