Shahzaib Malik stupefies Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s champion Saleem in National Raking U-21 championship
Shahzaib Malik stunned Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s champion and fifth seed Mohammad Saleem by 3-1 in Jubilee Insurance National Raking U-21 championship being played at Sports Complex’s snooker hall, Islamabad.
Punjab’s unseeded cueist Shahzaib Mailk exhibited brilliant performance at Sports Complex’s snooker hall Islamabad in both of his Jubilee Insurance National Raking U-21 championship matches.
Malik stunned Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s champion and fifth seeded Mohammad Saleem, outclassing him in a four-frame match by 3-1 with the final score line of 66-43, 48-61, 66-45, 65-35.
In his second match, Malik with the help of 72 and 65 breaks, tamed Abdul Waheed of Sindh in straight three frames 3-0 (66-16, 72-08(72), 70-16 (65).
Punjab’s Mohammad Ahmed scored a break of 85 against Zulfiqar Ali of Balochistan, defeating him in straight three frames 3-0 (69-12, 54-16, 94-7 (85).
Following are the Group Position Qualify for Knockout round for pre Quarter finals:
| Groups | Players |
|---|---|
| A | Haris Tahir (Pjb) |
| B | Muhammad Naseem Akhtar (Pjb), Umer Farooq (Pjb) |
| C | Sheikh Muhammad Mudassir (Pjb), Arij Arsalan (Sindh) |
| D | Kamran Albert Masih (Kp) |
| E | Shahzaib Malik (Pjb) |
| F | Zaib Khan (Bal), Saad Khan (Kp) |
| G | Muhammad Umer Khan (Pjb), |
| H | Farhan Majeed (Pjb) |
Day-3 Results:
| Player | vs | Player | Score line |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mohammad Usman (Punjab) | def | Imran Khan (Islamabad) | 3-1 (10-49, 78-24, 67-56, 59-23) |
| Mohammad Umer Khan (Punjab) | def | Haroon Sarfarz (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) | 3-0; (63-20, 82-8, 60-10) |
| Mohammad Salik (Sindh) | def | Sheikh Ahmed (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) | 3-1 (35-53, 64-37, 61-6, 75-15) |
| Farhan Majeed (Punjab) | def | Zulfiqar Ali (Balochistan) | 3-0 (55-17, 63-16, 75-3) |
| Shahzaib Malik (Punjab) | def | Mohammad Saleem (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) | 3-1 (66-43, 48-61, 66-45, 65-35) |
| Abdullah Hassan (Islamabad) | def | Abdul Waheed (Sindh) | 3-1 (56-27, 56-43, 21-43, 60-18) |
| Zaib Khan (Balochistan) | def | Umer Ismail (Sindh) | 3-2 (51-35, 32-79, 18-56, 63-31, 54-41) |
| Saad Khan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) | def | Mohammad Sinan (Balochistan) | 3-0 (61-32, 59-28, 67-14) |
| Ahsan Ramzan (Punjab) | def | Mohammad Ibrar (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) | 3-0 (80-29, 75-40, 53-42) |
| Umer Farooq (Punjab) | def | Umer Junaid (Sindh) | 3-0 (1-0, 65-26, 59-09) |
| Usama Nawaz Khan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) | def | M. Akram Shams (Sindh) | 3-1 (50-55, 50-12, 49-25, 68-07) |
| Kamran Albert (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) | def | Arif Hussain (Balochistan) | 3-1 (20-63, 88-17, 66-19, 55-29) |
| Shahzaib Malik (Punjab) | def | Abdul Waheed (Sindh) | 3-0 (66-16, 72-08(72), 70-16 (65)) |
| Umer Ismail (Sindh) | def | Mohammad Sinan (Balochistan) | 3-0 (51-31, 49-32, 59-22) |
| Haroon Sarfarz (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) | def | Ali Haider (Balochistan) | 3-0 (53-4, 53-24, 50-43) |
| Mohammad Ahmed (Punjab) | def | Zulfiqar Ali (Balochistan) | 3-0 (69-12, 54-16, 94-7 (85)) |
