Raees Ali beat Naseem 4-1 to move into quarters of Jubilee Insurance 11th U-21 Junior National Championship 2019
Raees Ali beat former World U-18 Champion Muhammad Naseem Akhtar 4-1 to move into quarters of Jubilee Insurance 11th U-21 Junior National Championship 2019 at PSB Snooker Hall, Pakistan Sports Complex, Islamabad.
By defeating their respective opponents Haris Tahir, Ahsan Yousaf, Sheheryar Abbas, Ali Haider, Raees Ali Usama, Muhammad Mudassir Sheikh all from Punjab and Muhammad Saleem of KPK qualified for the quarter finals of Jubilee Insurance 11th U-21 Junior National Championship 2019 being played at PSB Snooker Hall, Pakistan Sports Complex, Islamabad.
All the four quarter finals and semi finals will be played today while final has been scheduled to be played on Tuesday at 11:00 on best of 11 frames. Federal Minister for Inter Provincial Coordination Dr. Fahmida Mirza will be the Chief Guest at the prize distribution ceremony of all the three National Junior U-16, U-18 & U-21 Championship to be held at 4.00 pm at PSB Snooker Hall, Pakistan Sports Complex, Islamabad.
Raees Ali Usama of Punjab managed to make the biggest upset of the Championship when he shocked former World U-18 Champion & the defending Champion Muhammad Naseem Akhtar by 4-1 (61-35, 31-92, 65-41, 71-21 and 55-47) in the pre quarter final. Raees Ali Usama displayed excellent game and managed to break difficult snookers skilfully.
Muhammad Mudassir Sheikh also from Punjab who has become new National U-18 Champion last week also qualified for the quarter final when he defeated last year National U-18 Champion Umer Khan of Punjab by 4-2.
Pre-quarterfinals. Results:
| Player | vs | Player | Score line |
| Ali Haider (Pjb) | def | Abid Sajjad (Pjb) | 4-1 ( 69-26, 58-22, 25-47, 77-26, 69-21) |
| Shehryar Abbas (Pjb) | def | Shehryar Khan (Sindh) | 4-2 ( 68-42, 41-69, 53-47, 57-04, 13-62, 71-52) |
| Muhammad Saleem (Kpk) | def | Saad Khan (Kpk) | 4-1 (48-52, 51-39, 64-13, 69-20, 70-49) |
| Ahsan Yousuf (Pjb) | def | Muhammad Hamza (Pjb) | 4-2 (70-13 (54), 67-17, 25-57, 63-47, 38-55, 47-13) |
| Raees Ali Usama (Pjb) | def | Muhammad Naseem Akhtar (Pjb) | 4-1 (61-35, 31-92, 65-41, 71-21, 55-47) |
| Shaikh M. Mudassir (Pjb) | def | Umer Khan (Pjb) | 4-2 (80-02, 65-09, 0-57, 13-80, 58-53, 74-35) |
| Haris Tahir (Pjb) | def | Umer Farooq (Pjb) | 4-0 (71-0 (66), 76-48, 54-18, 57-31) |
| Usman Ahmed (Pjb) | def | Muhammad Shahbaz (Pjb) | 4-2 (62-20, 50-42, 60-46, 63-71, 35-58, 73-30) |
Today’s Quarter Finals Fixture-10:00 am:
- Ali Haider (Pjb) Vs Shehryar Abbas (Pjb)
- Muhammad Saleem (Kpk) Vs Ahsan Yousuf (Pjb)
- Raees Ali Usama (Pjb) Vs Shaikh M. Mudassir (Pjb)
- Usman Ahmed (Pjb) Vs Haris Tahir (Pjb)
- (Semi-finals) at 2:00 pm
