Mohammad Yousuf ousts Abdul Rauf Kurd in 3rd Ranking Snooker Championship 2012

Jubilee Insurance Third Ranking Snooker Championship has entered the final stages after the finish of round robin formatted league matches at the Karachi Gymkhana Club featuring leading potters on top who might surge into the quarter-final stage of the event. One of these potters is the veteran Mohammad Yousuf who is still struggling in league matches.

Yousuf had a slow start in the tournament but still the former International Billiards and Snooker Federation (IBSF) World Snooker Championship winner is going well. He was up against Abdul Rauf Kurd in his recent league match, where the Punjabian was able to register another victory in his account by the score line of 4-3 after winning the decisive frame.

Kurd fired a classy break to win the first frame by the score line of 37-65 to to lead by the score line of 0-1. Yousuf sprang back impressively with two straight frame victories by 79-32 and 60-18 to move one frame up at 2-1.

The fourth frame was the toughest contest as the pair gave their best to stay in the game. However, Kurd took the lead and pulled level at 2-2. The next two frames were also shared equally and the match up was sent into the decider frame where experience proved itself and Yousuf claimed the match triumph by 4-3.

Overall Results:

Mohammad Yousuf (Pjb) bt Abdul Rauf Kurd (Bal) 4-3 (37-65, 79-32, 60-18, 61-72, 42-78, 52-33, 69-13);

Zahoor Ahmed (Bal) bt Abu Saim (Pjb) 4-3 (69-38, 16-72, 18-78, 69-37, 0-101, 61-60, 65-7);

Bilawal Agha (Sindh) bt Umair Alam (Sindh) 4-1 (55-34, 60-47, 67-62, 23-63, 52-38);

Mohammad Afzal (Pjb) bt Javed Ansari (Sindh) 4-3 (11-62, 55-18, 48-66, 59-53, 39-57, 100-21, 57-47);

Mohammad Ishtiaq (Sindh) bt Farhan Noor (Pjb) 4-3 (58-24, 29-78, 66-27, 14-74, 73-20, 20-68, 69-43);

Mohammad Bilal (Pjb) bt Shah Khan (KPK) (28-63, 64-18, 109-2, 26-59, 78-1, 18-62, 53-42);

Mohammad Asif (Pjb) bt Mohammad Nazir (Pjb) 4-2 (57-14, 62-24, 75-2, 30-55, 8-115, 73-36);

Asjad Iqbal (Pjb) bt Shahid Aftab (Pjb) 4-1 (77-33, 62-37, 51-65, 58-18, 58-6;

Mohammad Imran (Pjb) bt Sultan Mohammad (Sindh) 4-3 (64-38, 20-75, 9-75, 29-61, 61-37, 55-41, 75-4)

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