ISLAMABAD: Sheikh Mohammad Mudassir scored a break of 74 to register a convincing 3-0 victory against Akram Shams while top seed Haris Tahir also recorded a facile victory on the opening day of the Jubilee Insurance U-21 National Snooker Championship here at the Pakistan Sports Complex on Friday.

Results: Mohammad Umar Khan (Punjab) bt Imran Khan (Islamabad) 3-1 (69-31(54), 71-44, 40-65, 53-30), Mohammad Usman (Punjab) bt Ali Haider (Balochistan) 3-0 (61-4, 51-18, 70-13); Farhan Majeed (Punjab) bt Mohammad Salik (Sindh) 3-0 (57-21, 64-35, 47-27); Mohammad Ahmed (Punjab) bt Sheikh Ahmed (KP) 3-0 (61-20, 71-41, 67-29); Haris Tahir (Punjab) bt Mohammad Ibrar (KP) 3-0 (65-25, 68-36, 70-22); Ahsan Ramzan (Punjab) bt Sajjad Abdullah (KP) 3-2 (55-22, 33-61, 44-60, 63-9, 79-55); Mohammad Naseem Akhtar (Punjab) bt Umar Farooq (Punjab) 3-1 (43-51, 62-37, 63-27, 65-26); Umar Junaid (Sindh) bt Zahid Khan (Balochistan) 3-1 (57-25, 58-21, 30-42, 61-20), Sheikh Mohammad Mudassir (Punjab) bt Mohammad Akram Shams (Sindh) 3-0 (74-19, 74-0, 67-22); Arij Arsalan (Sindh) bt Usama Nawaz Khan (KP) 3-0 (1-0, 58-49, 58-28); Kamran Albert (KP) bt Shehryar Khan (Sindh) 3-0 (62-19, 68-41, 48-01); Mohammad Shehryar Abbas (Punjab) bt Arif Hussain (Balochistan) 3-0 (80-9, 63-26, 76-15); Mohammad Saleem (KP) bt Abdul Waheed (Sindh) 3-0 (46-9, 68-21, 51-35); Zaib Khan (Balochistan) bt Mohammad Sinan (Balochistan) 3-0 (58-22, 43-34, 62-42); Saad Khan (KP) bt Umar Ismail (Sindh) 3-1 (39-69, 65-02, 112-0(62), 60-23).

Published in Dawn, January 18th, 2020

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