ISLAMABAD: Promising Zubair Tahir from Punjab overcame top seed Hamza Ilyas in the quarter-final and Faheem Liaquat in the semi-final of the Jubilee Insurance U-16 National Snooker Cham­pionship here at Pakistan Sports Complex on Tuesday.

He will face fellow Punjab player Ahsan Ramzan in the final on Wednesday.

In the quarter-final, Zubair caused an upset victory by defeating defending champion Hamza convincingly 4-2 with the game score (77-42, 61-62, 71-23, 26-75, 68-11, 64-09).

In the semi he downed Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Faheem in straight four frames 4-0 (59-30, 37-24, 73-19, 69-37) to move into the final where he will face Ahsan, who made it to final after outclassed Zain Ali 4-0- (78-1, 61-57, 69-13, 71-2).

Results:

Quarter-finals: Zubair Tahir bt Hamza Ilyas 4-2 (77-42, 61-62, 71-23, 26-75, 68-11, 64-09);

Faheem Liaquat bt Shabban Butt 4-1 (55-44, 33-59, 63-11, 73-06, 39-29); Ahsan Ramzan bt Malik Muzammil Khan 4-0 (46-28, 53-52, 68-18, 91-17); Zain Ali bt Adnan Aslam 4-3 (49-7, 54-56, 47-69, 49-11, 57-13, 55-66, 89-45).

Semi-finals: Zubair Tahir bt Faheem Liaquat 4-0 (59-30, 37-24, 73-19, 69-37); Ahsan Ramzan bt Zain Ali 4-0 (78-1, 61-57, 69-13, 71-2).

Published in Dawn, January 8th, 2020