ISLAMABAD: Punjab’s Shahzaib Mailk defeated KPK’s Mohammad Rafiq after a tough seven-frame contest to make it to the quarter-finals of the Jubilee Insurance U-18 National Championship here at Pakistan Sports Complex’s snooker hall on Sunday.

Shahzaib ultimately won 4-3 (35-80, 68-55, 110-11, 105-24, 41-80, 27-65, 76-44) after a well-contested encounter .

In other matches Punjab’s Ahsan Yousuf ousted Sajjad Abdullah from KPK 4-3 (81-28, 43-45, 67-17, 65-15, 39-49, 40-79, 85-12) while Punjab’s Hamza Ilyas overcame Farhan Majeed 4-3 to go through to the last-eight stage.

Punjab’s Shaikh Mohammad Mudassir and former U-18 world champion Mohammad Naseem Akhtar also their matches in straight frames.

Mudassir outclassed Sindh’s Shaikh Qamber 4-0 (58-18, 50-40, 61-37, 21-60) while Naseem crushed Punjab’s Shehryar Abbas 4-0 (79-51, 56-23, 73-62, 60-21).

Results

Ahsan Yousuf (PJB) bt Sajjad Abdullah (KPK) 4-3: (81-28, 43-45, 67-17, 65-15, 39-49, 40-79, 85-12); Kamran Albert Masih (KPK) bt Faisal Ibrar Kiyani (ISB) 4-2: (58-35, 25-54, 47-34, 23-59, 63-50, 64-19); Mohammad Naseem Akhtar (PJB) bt Shehryar Abbas (PJB) 4-0: (79-51, 56-23, 73-62, 60-21); Umer Khan (PJB) bt Muhammad Faisal (PJB) 4-1: (95-43, 85-26, 82-35, 41-52, 73-49); Shaikh Mohammad Mudassir (PJB) bt Shaikh Qamber (Sindh) 4-0: (58-18, 50-40, 61-37, 21-60); Shehryar Khan (Sindh) bt Sheraz Raza (Sindh) 4-1: (64-14, 61-17, 81-51, 53-76, 62-40); Shahzaib Malik (PJB) bt Mohammad Rafiq (KPK) 4-3: (35-80, 68-55, 110-11, 105-24, 41-80, 27-65, 76-44).

Published in Dawn, January 14th, 2019