School Boy Ahsan Ramzan outshine National Champion Bilal in Ranking Snooker Championship 2019
On the fourth day of third edition of Jubilee Insurance National Ranking Snooker Championship, the trio of former Pakistan No. 1 Babar Masih, former NBP Cup champion Mohammad Ijaz and local cueist Abdul Sattar ensured a berth in the last eight as upsets continued at Karachi Gymkhana.
On the fourth day of third edition of Jubilee Insurance National Ranking Snooker Championship, the trio of former Pakistan No. 1 Babar Masih, former NBP Cup champion Mohammad Ijaz and local cueist Abdul Sattar ensured a berth in the last eight as upsets continued at Karachi Gymkhana.
Babar, whose ranking has slipped to 15th, together with Ijaz made it to the quarter-finals from Group ‘B’ but the No. 1 and No. 2 slots will become clear on Tuesday(today) after the Ijaz-Zulfiqar clash.
Babar had completed his league engagements defeating Abu Saim, Zulfiqar, Sultan and Haris besides losing to Ijaz whereas Ijaz conjured up victories against Sultan Mohammad, Babar and Saim and lost to Haris.
By virtue of winning four out of five matches, Sattar cruised to the quarters from Group ‘C’ where he will be joined by either Asjad or Naseem Sattar returned victorious against Shahbaz, Agha Bilawal, Naseem and Majid and suffered a loss to Asjad.
Three players top seed Mohammad Asif, Mohammad Ahsan Javaid and Mohammad Sajjad are in contention for the two slots from Group ‘A’, Similarly, two cueists from Bilal, Mubashir and Sohail Shahzad will make it to the last eight from Group ‘D’.
Schoolboy Ahsan Ramzan stunned the reigning national champion Muhammad Bilal on the penultimate day of league matches.
The 14-year-old Ahsan, a class VIII student from Lahore, played exceptionally well to topple Bilal, regarded as one the most accomplished cueists of the country. The teenager signed off with a superb break of 80 to complete an incredible 4-1 victory.
In another upset, senior player Sohail Shahzad shocked fifth seed Mubashir Raza 4-3 while Haris Tahir blanked second seed Zulfiqar Qadir straight. Former junior world champion Naseem Akhtar hammered a break of 134 by getting the better of Agha Bilawal 4-1.
Three other players notched up century breaks with 130 by Babar against Saim, Asif’s 105 against Sajjad and Sohail’s 101 against Mubashir.
Results:
| Player | vs | Player | Score line |
| Ahsan Ramzan (Punjab) | def | Mohammad Bilal (Punjab) | 4-1 (15-65, 64-52, 55-21, 58-13, 80-0) |
| Sohail Shahzad (Sindh) | def | Mubashir Raza (Punjab) | 4-3 (11-68, 61-14, 77-29, 115-0, 40-57, 31-73, 57-28) |
| Shahid Aftab (Punjab) | def | Rashid Aziz (Punjab) | 4-0 (57-36, 66-58, 61-9, 59-1) |
| Haris Tahir (Punjab) | def | Zulfiqar A. Qadir (Sindh) | 4-0 (82-12, 80-15, 72-36, 86-1) |
| Asjad Iqbal (Punjab) | def | Mohammad Majid Ali (Punjab) | 4-2 (15-102, 89-2, 68-61, 114-4, 26-63, 68-9) |
| Mohammad Naseem Akhtar (Punjab) | def | Agha Bilawal (Sindh) | 4-1 (12-67, 134-0, 71-61, 68-45, 53-40) |
| Abdul Sattar (Sindh) | def | Mohammad Shahbaz (Punjab) | 4-1 (75-47, 63-31, 61-37, 15-89, 60-40) |
| Mohammad Ijaz (Punjab) | def | Sultan Mohammad (Sindh) | 4-0 (82-0, 76-6, 79-16, 58-22) |
| Mohammad Asif (Punjab) | def | Mohammad Sajjad (Punjab) | 4-2 (94-27, 69-9, 102-12, 23-105, 27-60, 68-6) |
| Mohammad Ahsan Javaid (Punjab) | def | Shaikh Mohammad Mudassir (Punjab) | 4-1 (64-55, 62-69, 65-15, 70-31, 72-60) |
| Ali Haider (Punjab) | def | Imran Shahzad (Punjab) | 4-2 (75-25, 8-67, 69-7, 62-61, 43-61, 79-55) |
| Babar Masih (Punjab) | def | Abu Saim (Punjab) | 4-1 (63-18, 130-8, 85-24, 45-72, 96-20) |
| Sohail Shahzad (Sindh) | def | Ahsan Ramzan (Punjab) | 4-0 (67-30, 69-34, 58-15, 60-8) |
