Umer & Hamza coast their way to the knockout round of IBSF World U16 Snooker Championship 2019

Pakistani teens Umar Khan and Hamza Ilyas conjured up their respective third straight victories to advance into the knockout round of the World U-16 Snooker Championship in the Russian city of Tyumen. 

Umer gave a good fight and managed to secure first frame against Valentin as he fielded properly to win the frame at 62-26 that was the alarming situation for Valentin in next frames. 16-year-old Umar Khan obtained 69 points lead as he placed many good safeties to win the second frame at 71-2 and maintained his handsome lead of 2-0 frames into the match.

Umer continued his aggressive play without dropping a frame to win the encounter with the final score line of 62-26, 71-2, 64-7 by dominating the entire match. 

In the next Pakistani fixture, 14-year-old Mohammad Hamza Illyas showed great stamina and skills as he mark 2-0 frames lead over Aidar Kharisov of Russia. Aidar then accelerated and produced good safety along with sheer potting to tackle Umer as he won the frame third frame by 29-45.

Hamza dominated from next chance as he took the victory with the final score line of 66-10, 61-34, 29-45, 55-14.

Now, Muhammad Umar Khan is drawn against Aleksandr Torchinskii of Russia while Hamza Ilyas is up against Shreyansh Deshlahara of India in their last group fixtures.