Naseem, Haris cruise into quarterfinals of National U-21 Snooker Championship
Defending champion Naseem Akther after defeating Fahad Ghaffar from Islamabad and get through into the quarterfinal round of Jubilee Insurance National U-21 Snooker Championship at Pakistan Sports Board, Islamabad.
Main highlighted match of the day was between Raees Ali Usama and Ahsan Ramzan of Punjab and the epic encounter ended after the seven frames in favor of Raees 4-3. Winning result remains (29-74, 22-65, 54-43, 23-70, 74-48, 64-16, 57-52).
Naeem defeated Ghaffer 4-1 by (70-04, 75-8(75), 11-52, 63-43, 69-10) that also includes a break of 75 during the second frame.
Six other players including last year’s runner up Muhammad Haris Tahir also moved into the quarterfinal stage of the tournament. All the players from Punjab booked their seats into the quarterfinals while none of the Islamabad, KPK and Balochistan’s player reached into the last eight of the tournament.
Sheikh Mohammad Mudassir, Usman Ahmed, Mohammad Shahbaz, Mohammad Umer Khan all from Punjab and Ali Zaman Khan from Sindh also get into the quarterfinal stage.
Results - Day 5
| 1 | Shaikh M. Mudassir (Punab) | def. | Abdul Aziz (Balochistan) | 4-2 (65-24, 49-28, 39-59, 57-31, 36-69, 76-15) |
| 2 | Usman Ahmed (Punjab) | def. | Rabish Pervaiz (Balochistan) | 4-2 (53-62, 67-40, 51-36, 53-40, 14-69, 66-50) |
| 3 | Muhammad Shahbaz (Punjab) | def. | Umer Farooq (Punjab) | 4-3 (39-52, 64-18, 57-47, 52-31, 29-62, 20-56, 60-41) |
| 4 | Raees Ali Usama (Punjab) | def. | Ahsan Ramzan (Punjab) | 4-3 (29-74, 22-65, 54-43, 23-70, 74-48, 64-16, 57-52) |
| 5 | Muhammad Naseem Akhtar (Punjab) | def. | Fahad Ghaffar (Islamabad) | 4-1 (70-04, 75-8(75), 11-52, 63-43, 69-10) |
| 6 | Ali Zaman Khan (Sindh) | def. | Usman Khurshid (KPK) | 4-0 (66-06, 56-8, 90-14(58), 50-0) |
| 7 | M. Umar Khan (Punjab) | def. | Shahzaib Malik (Punjab) | 4-1 (80-28, 63-25, 58-26, 50-80, 67-19) |
| 8 | Haris Tahir (Punjab) | def. | Hamza Aftab (KPK) | 4-0 (74-29, 74-25, 74-19, 74-07) |
