ISLAMABAD: Punjab’s unseeded cueist Shahzaib Mailk exhibited brilliant performance on Sunday here at Sports Complex’s snooker hall in both of his Jubilee Insurance National Raking U-21 championship matches on Sunday.

Malik stunned Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s champion and fifth seed Mohammad Saleem, outclassing him in a four-frame match 3-1 (66-43, 48-61, 66-45, 65-35). In his second match, Malik with the help of 72 and 65 breaks, tamed Abdul Waheed of Sindh in straight three frames 3-0 (66-16, 72-08(72), 70-16 (65).

However, Punjab’s Mohammad Ahmed scored a break of 85 against Zulfiqar Ali of Balochistan, defeating him in straight three frames 3-0 (69-12, 54-16, 94-7 (85).

Results

Mohammad Usman (Punjab) bt Imran Khan (Islamabad) 3-1 (10-49, 78-24, 67-56, 59-23); Mohammad Umer Khan (Punjab) bt Haroon Sarfarz (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 3-0; (63-20, 82-8, 60-10); Mohammad Salik (Sindh) bt Sheikh Ahmed (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 3-1 (35-53, 64-37, 61-6, 75-15); Farhan Majeed (Punjab) bt Zulfiqar Ali (Balochistan) 3-0 (55-17, 63-16, 75-3); Shahzaib Malik (Punjab) bt Mohammad Saleem (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 3-1 (66-43, 48-61, 66-45, 65-35); Abdullah Hassan (Islamabad) bt Abdul Waheed (Sindh) 3-1 (56-27, 56-43, 21-43, 60-18); Zaib Khan (Balochistan) bt Umer Ismail (Sindh) 3-2 (51-35, 32-79, 18-56, 63-31, 54-41); Saad Khan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt Mohammad Sinan (Balochistan) 3-0 (61-32, 59-28, 67-14); Ahsan Ramzan (Punjab) bt Mohammad Ibrar (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 3-0 (80-29, 75-40, 53-42); Umer Farooq (Punjab) bt Umer Junaid (Sindh) 3-0 (1-0, 65-26, 59-09); Usama Nawaz Khan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt M. Akram Shams (Sindh) 3-1 (50-55, 50-12, 49-25, 68-07) ; Kamran Albert (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt Arif Hussain (Balochistan) 3-1 (20-63, 88-17, 66-19, 55-29); Shahzaib Malik (Punjab) bt Abdul Waheed (Sindh) 3-0 (66-16, 72-08(72), 70-16 (65)); Umer Ismail (Sindh) bt Mohammad Sinan (Balochistan) 3-0 (51-31, 49-32, 59-22); Haroon Sarfarz (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt Ali Haider (Balochistan) 3-0 (53-4, 53-24, 50-43); Mohammad Ahmed (Punjab) bt Zulfiqar Ali (Balochistan) 3-0 (69-12, 54-16, 94-7 (85)).

Published in Dawn, January 20th, 2020