ISLAMABAD: Punjab’s Zubair Tahir in a close match defeated Islamabad’s Kamran Chaudhry of Islamabad on the opening day of the U-18 Jubilee Insurance National Snooker Championship on Friday.

Zubair faced tough resistance from Kamran before the former eventually won the battle 3-2 (40-55, 57-24, 60-58, 41-54, 69-17).

Results:

Zubair Tahir (Punjab) bt Kamran Chaudhry (Islamabad) 3-2 (40-55, 57-24, 60-58, 41-54, 69-17); Mohammad Waqas (Sindh) bt Mohammad Mudassir (Balochistan) 3-1 (47-56, 75-22, 64-52(64), 80-12); Abdul Hadi (Sindh) bt Jawad Ali (Balochistan) 3-1 (32-59, 62-26, 65-21, 51-20); Mohammad Hamza Ilyas (Punjab) bt Mohammad Awais (KP) 3-0 (55-15, 67-23, 68-32); Ahsan Ramzan (Punjab) bt Shaikh Qamber (Sindh) 3-0 (62-11(54), 105-8(60), 67-62); Mohammad Ibrar (KP) bt Zohaib Mustafa (Islamabad) 3-0 (59-45, 70-30, 53-15); Mohammad Shehryar Abbas (Punjab) bt Rizwan Durrani (Balochistan) 3-0 (82-01(60), 63-02, 60-05); Kamran Ali (Sindh) bt Awais Ahmed (KP) 3-1 (66-35, 46-63, 61-07, 49-07); Mohammad Umer Khan (Punjab) bt Syed Anus Zafar (Sindh) 3-0 (78-44, 69-20, 80-9(52)); Shehryar Khan (Sindh) bt Shawais Moris (KP) 3-0 (55-20, 61-31, 54-14); Kamran Albert Masih (KP) bt Fardeen (Punjab) 3-2 (16-64, 64-42, 57-39, 19-59, 53-50); Umer Junaid (Sindh) bt Junaid Khalid (Balochistan) 3-0 (65-14, 60-32, 57-08); Kamran Chaudhry (Islamabad) bt Mohammad Mudassir (Balochistan) 3-0 (86-5, 57-14, 54-36); Abdul Hadi (Sindh) bt Muhammad Awais (KP) 3-1 (34-61, 56-18, 66-60, 53-23); Rizwan Durrani (Balochistan) bt Kamran Ali (Sindh) 3-0 (63-42, 78-25, 56-27).

Published in Dawn, January 11th, 2020