KARACHI: Six more players confirmed a place in the knockout pre quarter-finals of the 41st National Snooker Championship at a hotel on Monday.

Sindh`s Zulfiqar A Qadir and Punjab`s Mohammad Faheem have made it to the knockout round the other day.

The six who joined them on the penultimate day of the league were Mohammad Asif (A), Mohammad Sajjad (B), Mohammad Bilal (C), Shahram Changezi (C), Abdul Sattar (F) and Sohail Shehzad (G).

The pre quarters line-up will complete on Tuesday after completion of group matches.

Asjad Iqbal, who has entered the event as a qualifier from Punjab, shocked ninth ranked Sultan Mohammad in the fully stretched battle (8-73, 73-21, 57-63, 80-8, 58-30, 1-76, 68-55) so did Sohail Shehzad who stunned10th ranked Rambel Gul (22-61, 63-56, 43-61, 66-59, 67-0, 9-85, 62-9).

Results: Agha Bilawal (Sindh) bt Farhan Khan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 4-2 (67-43, 3977, 83-43. 49-74, 83-16, 61-37); Mohammad ljaz (Punjab) bt Abdul Rahman (Balochistan) 4-0 (61-0, 66-15, 77-36. 121-8); Mohammad Iftekhar Khan (Sindh) bt Sarbuland Khan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 4-0 (76-23. 50-32. 69-38, 63-27); Mohammad Kashif Khan (Sindh) bt Aamir Shahzad (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 4-1 (5818. 79-28. 91-8. 28-61. 81-26); Imran Shehzad (Punjab) bt Abdul Raziq (Baloehistan) 4-0 (105-14, 67-43, 111-4, 7M8); Abdul Sattar (Sindh) bt Aakash Ralique (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 4-2 (37-58. 58-50, 76-0. 25-66, 59-33, 61-44); Sohail Shchzad (Sindh) bt Rambel Gul (Khyhcr Pakhtunkhwa)4-3 (22-61, 63-56.

43-61, 66-59, 67-0. 9-85, 62-9): Asjad Iqbal (Punjab) bt Sultan Mohammad (Sindh) 4-3 (8-73. 73-21. 57-63. 80-8. 58-30. 1-76, 68-55); Mohammad Afzal (Punjab) bt Bahadur Khan (Balochistan) 4-1 (77-22. 23-64. 71-61, 63-55, 69-33); lan Mark John (Sindh) bt Shah Khan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 4-3 (81-1, 59-25, 69-16, 39-63, 0-65, 9-60, 80-8); Nadir Miraan (Punjab) bt Ahmed Shah (Baloch i stan) 4-0 (75-23. 63-34, 75-18. 67-28); Abu Sai m ( Punjab) bt M. Nauman lqbal ( Islamabad) 4-2 (45-67. 74-0. 82-1, 74-23, 12-83. 63-31); Rash id Mehmood (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt Muzammil Khan (Sindh) 4-2 (68-25. 36-47. 97-34, 58-54.

24-72. 58-6); Farha n Noor (Punjab) bt Raja Rashid (Islamabad) 4-1 (72-36. 88-43.

72-1. 20-62. 62-55); IIunain Amir (Punjab) bt Ubaid Khan (Balochistan) 4-1 (1661, 75-26, 65-15, 60-15, 48-17).