KARACHI, June 14: Islamabad’s Shehram Changezi, who has been served with charge sheet by the games controlling body for violating code of conduct recently, continued his unbeaten run in the third Jubilee Insurance ranking snooker championship at Karachi Gymkhana on Thursday.

With two wins under his belt, he inflicted 4-2 defeat on Sindh’s Javed Ansari to keep his chances alive for making it to the knockout stage from group ‘B.’ He won the battle 52-59, 66-30, 61-32, 71-46, 24-65, 72-5.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Sharjeel Mehmood and former national champion Khurram Hussain Agha have also come out victorious in their three outings.

Sharjeel interrupted Sindh champion Mohammad Ishtiaq’s winning run handing 4-2 defeat while Khurram chalked up an emphatic 4-1 victory over Zahoor Ahned.

Sixth seed Abdul Sattar of Sindh suffered his first defeat going down to former Pakistan No 1 Imran Shehzad 2-4.

Results:

Umair Alam (Sindh) bt Mohammad Javed (Punjab) 4-2 (57-67, 70-13, 62-44, 58-38, 25-51, 67-22); Shehram Changezi (Islamabad) bt Javed Ansari (Sindh) 4-2 (52-59, 66-30, 61-32, 71-46, 24-65, 72-5); Mohammad Bilal (Punjab) bt Sohail Shehzad (Sindh) 4-2 (76-43, 49-69, 85-8, 78-1, 38-73, 72-59); Sharjeel Mehmood (KP) bt Mohammad Ishtiaq (Sindh) 4-2 (62-12, 64-21, 36-68, 85-7, 33-65, 63-26); Mohammad Asif Toba (Punjab) bt Mohammad Nazeer (Punjab) 4-1 (71-17, 91-30, 71-30, 59-74, 115-12); Shahid Aftab (Punjab) bt Abdul Rauf Kurd (Balochistan) 4-1 (67-15, 91-2, 25-94, 76-30, 69-14); Mohammad Imran (Punjab) bt Mohammad Akmal (Sindh) 4-1 (61-22, 82-47, 56-16, 49-66, 60-17); Khurram Agha (Sindh) bt Zahoor Ahmed (Balochistan) 4-1 (50-62, 69-42, 67-9, 74-29, 59-51); Mohammad Majid (Punjab) bt Farrukh Usman Brohi (Sindh) 4-1 (59-48, 56-59, 60-15, 81-6, 58-14); Vishan Gir (Sindh) bt Mohammad Yousuf (Punjab) 4-3 (69-41, 8-82, 28-73, 97-10, 54-61, 64-51, 48-32); Imran Shehzad (Punjab) bt Abdul Sattar (Sindh) 4-2 (60-43, 86-45, 69-25, 36-54, 51-55, 81-45); Mohammad Asif (Punjab) bt Bilawal Agha (Sindh) 4-1 (75-34, 55-28, 72-10, 45-69, 72-20).

Friday’s fixtures:

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

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