ISLAMABAD: The runner-up of last year’s national championship, Mudassir Sheikh, after defeating Shahzaib Malik 4-1, moved into the Jubilee Insurance National U-18 Snooker Championship final here at the Pakistan Sports Complex on Wednesday.

Last year, Mudassir was defeated by Muhammad Naseem Akhtar who later became the world U-18 champion. Naseem is not featuring in the on-going national championship which leavesthe field open for Mudassir.who will face Umer Khan in the final.

Results:

Semi-finals: Shaikh M. Muddasir (Punjab) bt Shahzaib Malik (Punjab) 4-1 (65-41, 61-12, 50-38, 88-21(59), 65-08(65); Umer Khan (Punjab) bt M. Hamza Ilyas (KPK) 4-2 (70-28, 58-23, 15-63, 48-58, 73-01, 78-14)

Quarter-finals: Shahzaib Malik (Punjab) bt Muhammad Rafay (Sindh) 4-0 (70-32, 88-40, 60-09, 99-15); Shaikh M. Muddasir (Punjab) bt Kamran Albert (KPK) 4-0 (61-23, 59-17, 59-09, 73-21); Umer Khan (Punjab) bt Ahsan Ramzan (Punjab) 4-3 (44-58, 70-39(51), 56-54, 69-08(51), 05-73(55), 54-63(51), 58-48); M. Hamza Ilyas (KPK) bt M. Shehryar Abbas (Punjab) 4-3 (8-63, 27-57, 70-77, 66-26, 57-22, 85-15, 51-43).

Published in Dawn, January 11th, 2018