Under-21 snooker enters knockout stage

ISLAMABAD: Top seed Umer Farooq of Punjab led other leading cueists into the pre-quarter-finals of the 10th National Junior U21 Snooker Championship 2018 here at the PSB Billiards & Snooker Hall, Pakistan Sports Complex, on Tuesday.

Umer was jointed in the knockout stage by IBSF world junior U18 champion Muhammad Naseem Akhtar (Punjab), last year’s runner-up Muhammad Haris Tahir (Punjab), Ali Zaman Khan (Sindh). Raees Ali Usama (Punjab), Hamza Aftab (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), Usman Khurshid (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), Rabish Pervaiz (Balochistan), Fahad Ghaffar (Islamabad), Abdul Aziz (Balochistan) and Shahzaib Malik (Balochistan).

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