Asif, Babar, Bilal start Jubilee Insurance Ranking Snooker campaign with a win
Five seeded cueists, Muhammad Asif, Babar Masih, Muhammad Bilal, Aakash Rafique and Asjad Iqbal, started the campaign on a winning note in Jubilee Insurance 3rd Ranking Snooker Championship 2018 at Karachi Gymkhana.
Five seeded cueists, Muhammad Asif, Babar Masih, Muhammad Bilal, Aakash Rafique and Asjad Iqbal, started the campaign on song by winning both their opening day’s matches in Jubilee Insurance 3rd Ranking Snooker Championship 2018 at Karachi Gymkhana.
Meanwhile top seed Asif, the defending champion, sent Sirbuland Khan packing straight in his opening match and then came out 4-0 victorious against Agha Bilawal.
Babar , survived scare in both the matches against junior cueists Mohammad Shahbaz and Mohammad Naseem Akhtar 4-3 respectively.
Third seed Mohammad Majid Ali, former Asian junior runner-up, was the first to fall to Sindh’s Umair Alam 2-4 in the first session of the day. The local cueist was home 24-59, 50-42, 73-44, 8-119, 48-40, 70-57.
Talented Haris Tahir, who lost the Asian under-21 final to Myanmar’s Aung Phyo 4-6 in March, cut National Bank Cup champion and fifth seed Mohammad Ijaz to size with a scintillating 4-0 victory. He won the duel 62-42, 73-58, 84-33, 69-37.
Haris, however, went down to fourth seed Mohammad Bilal in his second match in the fully stretched battle 3-4.
Day 1st Matches Results:
Muhammad Asif (Punjab) bt Sirbuland Khan (KPK) 4-0
Babar Masih (Punjab) bt Muhammad Shahbaz (Punjab) 4-3
Umair Alam (Sindh) bt Muhammad Majid Ali (Punjab) 4-2
Muhammad Bilal (Punjab) bt Ali Haider (Punjab) 4-2
Asjad Iqbal (Punjab) bt Agha Bilawal (Sindh) 4-1
Aakash Rafique (KPK) bt Muhammad Naseem Akhtar (Punjab) 4-2
Abdul Sattar (Sindh) bt Zulfiqar A. Qadir (Sindh) 4-0
Haris Tahir (Punjab) bt Muhammad Ijaz (Punjab) 4-0
Muhammad Asif Toba (Punjab) bt Sohail shehzad (Sindh) 4-2
Sharjeel Mehmood (KPK) bt Khurram H. Agha (Sindh) 4-2
Rambail Gul (KPK) bt Muhammad Ahsan Javaid (Punjab) 4-0
Shahid Aftab (Punjab) bt Sultan Muhammad (Sindh) 4-3
Muhammad Asif (Punjab) bt Agha Bilawal (Sindh) 4-0
Babar Masih (Punjab) bt Muhammad Naseem Akhtar (Punjab) 4-3
Muhammad Majid Ali (Punjab) bt Abdul Sattar (Sindh) 4-2
Muhammad Bilal (Punjab) bt Haris Tahir (Punjab) 4-3
Position table at end of day 1:
| Position | Group A (Win-Loss) | Group B (Win-Loss) | Group C (Win-Loss) | Group D (Win-Loss) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [1] Mohammad Asif (Punjab) 2-0 | [2] Babar Masih (Punjab) 2-0 | Rambel Gul (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 1-0 | [4] Mohammad Bilal (Punjab) 2-0 |
| 2 | [8] Asjad Iqbal (Punjab) 1-0 | [7] Aakash Rafique (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 1-0 | [3] Mohammad Majid Ali (Punjab) 1-1 | Shahid Aftab (Punjab) 1-0 |
| 3 | Mohammad Asif Toba (Punjab) 1-0 | Sharjeel Mehmood (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 1-0 | Abdul Sattar (Sindh) 1-1 | Haris Tahir (Punjab) 1-1 |
| 4 | Sohail Shehzad (Sindh) 0-1 | Khurram H. Agha (Sindh) 0-1 | Ahsan Javaid (Punjab) 0-1 | [5] Mohammad Ijaz (Punjab) 0-1 |
| 5 | Sirbuland Khan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 0-1 | Mohammad Shahbaz (Pumjab) 0-1 | [6] Zulfiqar A. Qadir (Sindh) 0-1 | Sultan Mohammad (Sindh) 0-1 |
| 6 | Agha Bilawal (Sindh) 0-2 | Naseem Akhtar (Punjab) 0-2 | Umair Alam (Sindh) 1-0 | Ali Haider (Punjab) 0-1 |
