Masih, Toba register wins in National Snooker

KARACHI: Wild card entrant Babar Masih registered another victory on the second day of preliminary round matches of the 40th National Snooker championship 2015 here at the Movenpick Hotel on Sunday.
Babar, placed in the Group D, whipped Bahadur Khan of Balochistan in straight frames after having stunned fourth seed Hamza Akbar on the opening day. With a couple of wins in as many games, he has boosted his chances of advancing to the knockout phase, which starts on Friday.
Defending champion and fifth seed Asif Toba, who had succumbed to defeat in his first game in the Group E, came from behind to overcome the dangerous Ahsan 4-2. He fired breaks of 98, 106 and 51 in the last three frames to turn the tables.
The other three seeded cueists in action on Sunday, Mohammad Asif, Mohammad Majid Ali and Asjad Iqbal, crushed their rivals.
Shahram Changezi, a former national champion from Islamabad, extended his unbeaten run by overwhelming Farhan Khan of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 4-1. He chalked up breaks of 70 and 88 in successive frames to stamp his authority.
Khurram Hussain Agha, another former national champion, recorded his second victory in as many outings by eclipsing Nouman Iqbal of Islamabad 4-1.
Results:
Mohammad Ishtaiq (Sindh) bt Asif Toba (Pjb) 4-3 (64-33, 30-66, 16-74, 0-80, 83-22, 58-48, 67-32); Mohammad Asif (Pjb) bt Saqib Butt (Pjb) 4-3 (89-35, 72-31, 0-117, 113-22, 2-84, 20-82, 91-54); Majid Ali (Pjb) bt Shah Khan (KPK) 4-0 (80-22, 67-64, 68-10, 73-37); Asjad Iqbal (Pjb) bt Nauman Awan (KPK) 4-1 (51-58, 52-16, 51-10, 110-0, 74-26); Bahadur Khan (Bal) bt Mohammad Ijaz (Pjb) 4-2 (73-28, 65-29, 5-73, 42-73,67-33, 68-24); Mohammad Sajjad (Pjb) bt Nauman Iqbal (Isb) 4-0 (63-26, 66-37, 64-16, 125-8); Aamir Tariq (Pjb) bt Imran Shahzad (Pjb) 4-3 (91-7, 72-10, 52-74, 51-56, 88-27, 30-87, 70-59); Abdul Sattar (Sindh) bt Abdul Rahim (Pjb) 4-1 (64-21, 75-19, 25-67, 73-19, 66-1); Babar Masih (Pjb) bt Hamza Akbar (Pjb) 4-1 (69-35, 68-52, 64-81, 55-11, 95-2); Farhan Khan (KPK) bt Gul Afzal (Isb) 4-2 (18-54, 36-75, 58-31, 62-48, 58-40, 69-48); Shahram Changezi (Isb) bt Ahsan Javed (Pjb) 4-3 (49-67, 62-14, 56-55, 15-68, 42-61, 96-24, 54-18); Sohail Shahzad (Sindh) bt Saeed Khan (Bal) 4-1 (64-34, 46-52, 60-8, 66-31, 80-22); Rambail Gul (KPK) bt Sarbuland Khan (KPK) 4-3 (49-61, 73-28, 28-74, 53-59, 51-43, 71-24, 60-1); Sharjeel Mahmood (KPK) bt Jahangir Bangulzai (Bal) 4-1 (57-55, 12-69, 64-53, 82-13, 59-7); Khurram Agha (Sindh) bt Mahmood Khan (Bal) 4-2 (64-17, 74-71, 61-51, 39-88, 57-65, 71-42); Abu Saim (Pjb) bt Aamir Shahzad (KPK) 4-3 (16-78, 61-15, 20-70, 91-01, 15-68, 85-4, 65-35); Aakash Rafique (KPK) bt Yasir Nadeem (Isb) 4-2 (7-60, 73-17, 18-61, 76-44, 67-43, 61-15); Mohammad Fahim (Pjb) bt Mohammad Bilal (Pjb) 4-0 (67-30, 63-50, 74-38, 60-19); Mohammad Imran (Pjb) bt Mohammad Faizan (Sindh) 4-1 (52-30, 65-54, 59-67, 60-9, 51-14); Asif Toba (Pjb) bt Ahsan Javed (Pjb) 4-2 (52-96, 59-13, 44-59, 98-8, 138-0, 67-60); Mohammad Asif (Pjb) bt Uzair Aziz (Sindh) 4-1 (70-13, 65-48, 110-21, 46-59, 56-19); Majid Ali (Pjb) bt Saeed Ahmed (Bal) 4-0 (42-31, 51-10, 97-15, 91-18); Asjad Iqbal (Pjb) bt Sarbuland Khan (KPK) 4-1 (81-19, 75-43, 18-63, 74-8, 66-55); Babar Masih (Pjb) bt Bahadur Khan (Bal) 4-0 (75-10, 82-3, 113-16, 86-25); Khurram Agha (Sindh) bt Nauman Iqbal (Isb) 4-1 (72-18, 66-59, 52-75, 62-52, 77-14); Aamir Tariq (Pjb) bt Abu Saim (Pjb) 4-1 (60-50, 65-38, 53-45, 29-67, 77-11); Abdul Rahim (Pjb) bt Aakash Rafique (KPK) 4-2 (57-35, 64-16, 56-69, 50-73, 57-44, 56-35); Hamza Akbar (Pjb) bt Mohammad Fahim (Pjb) 4-1 (29-57, 83-0, 92-40, 42-61, 73-18); Mohammad Ishtaiq (Sindh) bt Gul Afzal (Isb) 4-3 (56-67, 57-66, 63-47, 33-64, 75-27, 60-45, 64-31); Shahram Changezi (Isb) bt Farhan Khan (KPK) 4-1` (33-58, 52-37, 86-38, 130-2, 72-9); Sultan Mohammad (Sindh) bt Jahangir Bangulzai (Bal) 4-1 (56-21, 61-9, 89-16, 35-61, 59-10); Mohammad Imran (Pjb) bt Sohail Shahzad (Sindh) 4-2 (0-71, 74-67, 76-08, 105-18, 1-73, 87-56); Rambail Gul (KPK) bt Zulfiqar Qadir (Sindh) 4-3 (46-58, 16-70, 54-58, 90-14, 60-32, 44-26, 60-29); Sharjeel Mahmood (KPK) bt Saqib Butt (Pjb) 4-3 (28-64, 45-73, 70-37, 82-53, 29-57, 82-43, 76-44); Taufiq Johari (Sindh) bt Mahmood Khan (KPK) 4-2 (66-35, 50-63, 67-57, 32-45, 51-28, 62-34)’ Hunain Aamir (Pjb) bt Aamir Rasheed (KPK) 4-3 (6-55, 64-54, 50-82, 64-41, 38-58, 69-26, 87-43); Ian Mark John (Sindh) bt Yasir Nadeem (Isb) 4-0 (77-7, 71-28, 79-10, 59-46); Mohammad Bilal (Pjb) bt Mohammad Ijaz (Pjb) 4-2 (105-37, 02-61, 49-58, 76-57, 28-59, 126-0).