Umer to face Ahsan in snooker final

ISLAMABAD: Punjab’s Mu­h­a­mmad Umer Khan and Ahsan Ramzan marched into the final of the 5th National Junior Under-18 Snooker Championship he­re at the Pakistan Sports Complex Snooker Hall on Monday.

In the first semi-final, Umer got better of Sheh­ryar Khan (Sindh) 4-0. The score was 70-31, 73-43, 106-08 (106), 59-17. His 106 points break was a treat to watch. Ahsan also prevailed over his opponent in straight frames in the second semi-final 4-0 (70-07, 63-49, 71-41, 60-1).

The quarter-finals were also played earlier in the day.

Results: Quarter-finals: Muhammad Umer Khan (Pjb) bt Zubair Tahir (Pjb) 4-0 (59-2, 67-41, 60-2, 58-18); Shehryar Khan (Sindh) bt Malik Muzammil Khan (KP) 4-1 (56-30, 57-52, 35-68, 85-0, 55-43); Ahsan Ramzan (Pjb) bt M Hamza Ilyas (Pjb) 4-0 (66-44, 83-65, 74-09, 76-48(64)); Muhammad Shehr­yar Abbas (Pjb) bt Kamran Albert Masih (KP) 4-2 (50-60, 65-32, 65-03, 62-13, 60-61,71-30).