U-21 Snooker reaches last-16 stage

ISLAMABAD: Top seed Umer Farooq (Punjab) and host of other players have made it to pre-quarterfinals of the 10th National Junior U-21 Snooker Championship 2018 here at PSB Billiards & Snooker Hall, Pakistan Sports Complex Monday

Also making it to the knock out stages are IBSF World Junior U-18 Champion Muhammad Naseem Akhtar (Punjab) and last year’s runner-up M Haris Tahir (Punjab).

Others who have qualified for the pre quarterfinals are: Group A: Ali Zaman Khan(Sindh). Group B, Raees Ali Usama (Pjb), Hamza Aftab (KP). Group C, Usman Khurshid (KP). Group D, Rabish Pervaiz (Bal). Group E, Fahad Ghaffar (ISB). Group F, Abdul Aziz (Bal) and Shahzaib Malik (Bal).

Results: Usman Ahmed (Pjb) bt Atif Arshad (KP) 3-0 (65-30, 75-08, 57-20); Muhammad Rafiq (KP) bt Yasir Nouman (Sindh) 3-1 (1-0, 63-51, 41-59, 77-51); Sohaib Usman (Isb) bt Aqib Nawaz (Sindh) 3-0 (53-43, 58-36, 61-44); Ahsan Ramzan (Pjb) bt Altaf Hussain (Bal) 3-0 (48-11, 83-29, 64-20); Usman Khurshid (KP) bt Syed Adil Shah (Bal) 3-1 (61-33, 28-59, 56-13, 54-26); Rabish Pervez (Bal) bt Bilal Ali Khan (Sindh) 3-0 (63-52, 46-11, 82-15); Muhammad Shahbaz (Pjb) bt Fahad Ghaffar (Isb) 3-1(55-42, 57-49, 53-67, 52-32); Fahad Ali (KP) bt Siddiq Khan (Sindh) 3-2 (17-51, 63-55, 19-44, 49-42, 76-31); Yasir Ahmed (Bal) bt Umer Farooq (Pjb) 3-2 (49-64, 44-49, 67-26, 59-21, 66-02); Hamza Aftab (KP) bt Sheheryar Khan (Sindh) 3-0 (57-22, 48-22, 46-22); Muhammad Naseem Akhtar ( Pjb) bt Aqib Nawaz (Sindh) 3-0 (67-36, 79-02, 78-16); Haris Tahir (Pjb) bt Ahsan Ramzan (Pjb) 3-0 (76-50, 83-17, 60-17); Ali Zaman Khan (Sindh) bt Sheikh Ahmed (KP) 3-2 (51-41, 50-61, 61-28, 51-56, 56-07); Raees Ali Usama (Pjb) bt M. Mehmood Ahmed (Isb) 3-1 (66-27, 60-27, 14-54, 45-43); Usman Ahmed (Pjb) bt Sohaib Usman (Isb) 3-1 (50-13, 96-01, 35-53, 69-05); Muhammad Rafiq (KP) bt Altaf Hussain (Bal) 3-0 (55-04, 51-44, 55-40).