Teenager Ahsan stuns top seed Bilal 4-1 in 11th NBP Ranking Snooker Championship 2019
16-year-old Ahsan Ramzan overpowered Pakistan’s top-ranked cueist Muhammad Bilal on the second day of preliminary round matches of the 11th edition of NBP Ranking Snooker Championship 2019 here at the NBP Sports Complex, Karachi.
16-year-old Ahsan Ramzan overpowered Pakistan’s top-ranked cueist Muhammad Bilal on the second day of preliminary round matches of the 11th edition of NBP Ranking Snooker Championship 2019 here at the NBP Sports Complex, Karachi.
Bilal, who together with Asjad won the IBSF World Snooker Team Cup at Doha recently, was at the receiving end and could only win a frame. Ahsan Ramzan of Punjab who succeeded in blowing the whistle on the reigning national champion, Muhammad Bilal, also hailed as the most accomplished all-round cueist of the country, won the match by 4-1 with the final score line of 68-30, 74-50, 70-47, 24-77, 69-55.
There were quite a few other upsets too, as six of the eight seeded cueists succumbed to defeats at the hands of unseeded opponents to jeopardize their chances of qualifying for the knockout rounds.
Fourth seed Ali Haider, fifth seed Babar Masih, sixth seed Muhammad Ijaz, seventh seed Muhammad Asif and eighth seed Agha Bilawal also faced the music which has opened up the competition. Second seed Asjad Iqbal and third seed Zulfiqar Abdul Qadir remained on course of booking their berths in the pre-quarter-finals after having survived the initial onslaught.
Day- 2 Results:
| Player | vs | Player | Score line |
| Asjad Iqbal (Pjb) | def | Muhammad Mudassir (Isb) | 4-2 (65-44, 54-12, 51-63, 50-61, 64-24, 59-47) |
| Zulfiqar Abdul Qadir (Sindh) | def | Aakash Rafique (KPK) | 4-2 (70-57, 44-76 (57), 75-44, 72-54, 4-88, 88-9) |
| Rambail Gul (KPK) | def | Abu Saim (Pjb) | 4-3 (21-76, 78-56, 13-94, 64-36, 62-60, 34-71, 61-57) |
| Muhammad Sajjad (Pjb) | def | Ali Haider (Pjb) | 4-1 (69-10, 91-46, 66-23, 4-73, 75-0) |
| Muhammad Shahbaz (Pjb) | def | Shahid Aftab (Pjb) | 4-2 (71-39, 82-48, 32-56, 18-40, 77-52) |
| Aamir Tariq (Pjb) | def | Agha Bilawal (Sindh) | 4-2 (77-42, 20-72, 73-49, 50-73, 63-33, 88-23) |
| Sohail Shahzad (Sindh) | def | Hamza Ilyas (Pjb) | 4-0 (58-51, 62-19, 128-0, 56-20) |
| Rashid Aziz (Pjb) | def | Babar Masih (Pjb) | 4-2 (79-0, 89-26, 42-71, 95-6, 24-75, 65-33) |
| Haris Tahir (Pjb) | def | Imran Qamar (Pjb) | 4-1 (54-34, 20-86, 61-27, 68-53, 65-14) |
| Shaikh Muhammad Mudassir (Pjb) | def | Muhammad Ijaz (Pjb) | 4-3 (73-60, 15-66, 76-31, 15-59, 69-15, 5-104, 74-54) |
| Muhammad Naseem Akhtar (Pjb) | def | Sharjeel Mahmood (KPK) | 4-3 (109-20, 22-61, 53-67, 70-45, 68-17, 36-61, 99-0) |
| Mubashir Raza (Pjb) | def | Muhammad Asif (Pjb) | 4-2 (83-16, 64-13, 9-81, 0-94, 67-55, 52-3) |
| Abdul Sattar (Sindh) | def | Agha Bilawal (Sindh) | 4-3 (64-2, 22-68, 104-0, 23-51, 78-8, 0-72, 100-16) |
| Aamir Tariq (Pjb) | def | Hamza Ilyas (Pjb) | 4-0 (63-29, 68-15, 73-1, 60-32) |
| Ahsan Ramzan (Pjb) | def | Muhammad Bilal (Pjb) | 4-1 (68-30, 74-50, 70-47, 24-77, 69-55) |
| Imran Shahzad (Pjb) | def | Muhammad Mudassir (Isb) | 4-1 (80-15, 73-22, 84-0, 22-62, 84-0) |
