Haris, Umer to fight for National U-21 Snooker title

ISLAMABAD: Haris Tahir (Punjab) and Umer Farooq (Punjab) made it to the final of the National Under-21 Snooker under way at the Pakistan Sports Complex Hall Wednesday.

Haris prevailed over Saad Khan (KPK) 5-2 in an interesting semis that was contested over seven frames. Third frame saw a break of 85 from Haris.Umer Farooq also had 5-2 win over provincial mate Muhammad Umer Khan (Pjb). Haris earlier defeated Shahzaib Malik (Pjb) 4-2 (60-38, 45-49, 50-41, 67-54, 33-46, 82-43) in the quarter-finals with Umer Farooq (Pjb) getting better of Sheikh Muhammad Mudassir (Pjb) 4-2 (26-64, 16-73, 53-43, 49-7, 62-9, 66-35).

Results: Semis-final: Haris Tahir (Pjb) bt Saad Khan (KP) 5-2 (30-62, 80-5, 85-6(85), 71-24, 72-34, 15-64, 75-41); Umer Farooq (Pjb) bt Muhammad Umer Khan (Pjb) 5-2 (31-60, 53-38, 62-15, 42-53, 79-32, 51-40, 73-1).

Quarter-finals: Haris Tahir (Pjb) bt Shahzaib Malik (Pjb) 4-2 (60-38, 45-49, 50-41, 67-54, 33-46, 82-43); Saad Khan (KP) bt Imran Khan (Isb) 4-2 (27-47, 63-35, 65-2, 34-68, 68-23, 65-40); Umer Farooq (Pjb) bt Sheikh Muhammad Mudassir (Pjb) 4-2 (26-64, 16-73, 53-43, 49-7, 62-9, 66-35); Muhammad Umer Khan (Pjb) bt Ahsan Ramzan (Pjb) 4-0 (70-63, 60-27, 69-33, 55-21).