KARACHI, June 18: Top three players lived up to their billing while the remaining five fall prey while making room for outsiders to qualify quarter-finals of the third Jubilee Insurance ranking snooker championship at the Karachi Gymkhana on Monday.

The eight cueists who completed the line-up include Mohammad Asif, Asjad Iqbal, Sultan Mohammad, Khurram Agha, Sharjeel Mehmood, Sohail Shehzad, Shehram Changezi and Mohammad. Javed.

The best of nine frames quarter-finals will be played simultaneously at 12:00noon on Tuesday.

Meanwhile, the five seeds which were eliminated on Monday were fourth seed Mohammad Sajjad, fifth seed Naveen Perwani, sixth seed Abdul Sattar, seventh seed Vishan Gir and eighth seed Mohammad Majid.

Two players – Shehram and Sharjeel - who were unbeaten until Sunday, suffered their first defeats in seven outings. The former went down to Shahid Aftab straight 0-4 while the later suffered 2-4 loss at the hands of former Pakistan No 1 Khurram Agha.

Results:

Mohammad Asif Toba (Punjab) bt Bilawal Agha (Sindh) 4-0 (79-47, 69-35, 72-31, 76-47); Mohammad Afzal (Punjab) bt Abdul Rauf Kurd (Balochistan) 4-1 (48-26, 39-65, 63-20, 71-1, 65-34); Mohammad Akmal (Sindh) bt Shah Khan (KP) 4-3 (63-56, 61-54, 34-86, 40-71, 66-1, 39-67, 51-47); Farhan Noor (Punjab) bt Zahoor Ahmed (Balochistan) 4-0 (82-2, 68-33, 73-7, 74-31); Mohammad Javed (Punjab) bt Mohammad Nazeer (Punjab) 4-2 (56-47, 49-40, 25-64, 33-72, 68-40, 72-33); Shahid Aftab (Punjab) bt Shehram Changezi (Islamabad) 4-0 (84-0, 78-9, 52-42, 67-41); Sohail Shehzad (Sindh) bt Mohammad Imran (Punjab) 4-1 (67-2, 72-19, 51-62, 95-9, 79-52); Khurram Agha (Sindh) bt Sharjeel Mehmood (KP) 4-2 (74-40, 63-18, 72-30, 42-58, 52-72, 82-31); Asjad Iqbal (Punjab) bt Vishan Gir (Sindh) 4-0 (91-9, 88-15, 54-42, 86-0); Mohammad Asif (Punjab) bt Mohammad Majid (Punjab) 4-0 (64-8, 64-19, 54-2, 76-1); Sultan Mohammad (Sindh) bt Abdul Sattar (Sindh) 4-2 (8-75, 58-35, 20-58, 68-10, 79-43, 64-50); Mohammad Sajjad (Punjab) bt Naveen Perwani (Sindh) 4-2 (74-55, 74-31, 89-30, 53-64, 55-68, 97-1); Mohammad Yousuf (Sindh) bt Javed Ansari (Sindh) 4-3 (48-61, 31-81, 64-39, 56-46, 73-12, 27-62, 81-2); Umair Alam (Sindh) bt Farrukh Usman Brohi (Sindh) 4-1 (64-28, 95-8, 27-56, 80-37, 59-51); Abu Saim (Punjab) bt Mohammad Ishtiaq (Sindh) 4-1 (64-29, 46-0, 66-19, 31-62, 66-2).

Tuesday’s fixtures:

Quarter-finals (best of nine frames):

Asjad Iqbal v Sultan Mohammad; Sharjeel Mehmood v Mohammad Asif; Sohail Shehzad v Shehram Changezi; Mohammad Javed v Khurram H. Agha at 12:00noon.