Shahzaib advances in U21 snooker

ISLAMABAD: Shahzaib Malik got better of Muhammad Saleem in a four-frame match to make it to the next stage of the National Under-21 Snoo­ker Tournament here at the Pakistan Sports Complex Hall on Sunday.

Shahzaib won 66-43, 48-61, 66-45, 65-35 to enter the second round.

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