ISLAMABAD: Unseeded cueist Saad Khan caused a major upset in the Jubilee Insurance U-21 National Ranking Snooker Championship by outclassing Balochistan’s champion Zaib Khan in straight frames here at Sports Complex’s snooker hall as the final round-robin games were held on Monday.

Results (round-robin): Mohammad Saleem (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt Abdullah Hassan (Islamabad) 3-1 (6-63, 67-35,71-29, 69-50); Saad Khan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt Zaib Khan (Balochistan) 3-0 (90-9 (53), 57-37, 57-78); Imran Khan (Islamabad) bt Ali Haider (Balochistan) 3-0 (67-49, 50-13, 83-8 (59)); Mohammad Ahmed (Punjab) bt Muhammad Salik (Sindh) 3-0 (70-57, 28-1, 1-0); Haris Tahir (Punjab) bt Sajjad Abdullah (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 3-0 (86-13, 80-9 (57), 75-5 (62)); Mohammad Naseem Akhtar (Punjab) bt Zahid Khan (Balochistan) 3-0 (77-08, 83-7 (68), 84-8 (84)); Sheikh Mohammad Mudassir (Punjab) bt Arij Arsalan (Sindh) 3-0 (70-10, 78-19, 64-16); Shehryar Khan (Sindh) bt Mohammad Shehryar Abbas (Punjab) 3-2 (60-32, 50-37, 41-65, 45-73, 57-52).

Published in Dawn, January 21st, 2020