ISLAMABAD: Punjab players remained dominated the ongoing U-16 Jubilee Insurance National Junior Championship as six of them moved into quarter finals after cruising past their respective rivals.

The two others players who made it to quarterfinals hail from KP. Punjab’s Zain Ali exhibited quality game while defeating Haroon Saleem from Sindh in straight game 3-0, (94-32, 57-29, 64-29) while Ahsan Ramzan from Punjab’s struck a break of 62 score against Balochistan’s Ithikhar Ali to win the match in straight three frames.

Results:

Malik Muzammil Khan (Kpk) bt S. Shamir Ali (Sindh) 3-0; (94-28, 74-18, 58-11); Hamza Ilyas (Pjb) bt Muhammad Musa (Kpk) 3-0; (68-14, 79-11, 76-01); Amanullah (Bal) bt Zulqarnain Abbasi (Isb) 3-0; (50-27, 53-08, 59-28); Adnan Aslam (Pjb) bt Shabban Butt (Pjb) 3-1; (58-18, 61-20, 13-52, 61-37); Ahsan Ramzan (Pjb) bt Iftikhar Ali (Bal) 3-0; (62-18, 89-0(62), 56-16); Zubair Tahir (Pjb) bt Khubab Warsi (Sindh) 3-0 (walk over); Zain Ali (Pjb) bt Haroon Saleem (Sindh) 3-0; (94-32, 57-29, 64-29); Faheem Liaquat (Kpk) bt Imaad Rafiq (Sindh) 3-0; (61-17, 58-20, 43-17).

After League Round Group Position:

Group A Ahsan Ramzan (Pjb), Zubair Tahir (Pjb)

Group B Faheem Liaquat (Kp), Zain Ali (Pjb)

Group C Hamza Ilyas (Pjb), Malik Muzammil Khan (Kp)

Group D Adnan Aslam (Pjb), Shabban Butt (Pjb).

Published in Dawn, January 7th, 2020