ISLAMABAD: Taking a magnificent start, defending champion Imran Shahzad comfortably won both matches on the opening day of Jubilee Insurance third Master’s National Snooker Championship here at the Pakistan Sports Complex on Thursday.

In his first match, Imran of Punjab outclassed Balochistan’s Abdul Rehman 3-0 (94-07(51), 57-46, 75-07(50). Imran overcame Islamabad’s Arshad Ali Qureshi 3-0 (65-31, 59-16, 60-37) in the second match.

Eighteen cueists of 40-plus age group are featuring in the four-day Master’s championship whose final will be staged on Sunday.

Results:

Shah Khan (KP) bt Naseem Paracha (Sindh) 3-2 (87-01, 61-62, 43-68, 57-46, 72-29(51)); Imran Shehzad (Punjab) bt Abdul Rehman (Balochistan) 3-0 (94-07(51), 57-46, 75-07(50)); Azhar Khan (Punjab) bt Mehmood Khan (Balochistan) 3-0 (59-14, 44-21, 47-25); Mohammad Shafi (KP) bt Masood Ahmed (Islamabad) 3-1 (56-69, 35-69, 52-51, 62-20); Abu Saim (Punjab) bt Saeed-ur-Rehman (KP) 3-1 (69-62, 51-39, 53-58, 75-35); Farrukh Usman (Sindh) bt Saeed Ahmed (Balochistan) 3-2 (17-48, 18-83, 62-31, 53-45, 67-09(50)); Danish Haroon (Sindh) bt Khalid Awan (Balochistan) 3-0 (50-12, 64-31, 64-30); Mujtahid Ali Shah (KP) bt Shehzad Butt (Punjab) 3-2 (56-46, 64-32, 44-58, 28-63, 59-35); Abdul Rehman (Balochistan) bt Shah Khan (KP) 3-0 (54-39, 53-52, 80-43); Arshad Ali Qureshi (Islamabad) bt Naseem Paracha (Sindh) 3-0 (63-24, 59-30, 42-08);

Mohammad Shafi (KP) bt Mehmood Khan (Balochistan) 3-1 (62-37, 62-15, 52-60, 71-67); Imran Shehzad (Punjab) bt Arshad Ali Qureshi (Islamabad) 3-0 (65-31, 59-16, 60-37); Naveen Perwani (Sindh) bt Azhar Khan (Punjab) 3-0 (66-39, 61-0, 66-33); Danish Haroon (Sindh) bt Shehzad Butt (Punjab) 3-0 (66-39, 61-0, 60-33)

Published in Dawn, January 25th, 2019