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Imran Khan unseats former IBSF U-18 world champion Naseem in U-21 National Junior Snooker Championship

Seventh seed Imran Khan registered an upset victory against former IBSF U-18 world champion Mohammad Naseem Akhtar in the pre-quarterfinal of the Jubilee Insurance U-21 National Junior Snooker Championship at the Pakistan Sports Complex, Islamabad.

Imran Khan registered an upset victory against former IBSF U-18 world champion Mohammad Naseem Akhtar in the pre-quarterfinal of the Jubilee Insurance U-21 National Junior Snooker Championship at the Pakistan Sports Complex, Islamabad.

Seventh seed Imran of Islamabad convincingly defeated second seeded Naseem 4-1 (61-47, 65-11, 72-63, 17-63, 56-28) to qualify for the quarter-final. Naseem of Punjab had made the headlines in 2017 for winning the IBSF U-18 World Championship.

Meanwhile, top seed Harish Tahir easily overwhelmed Farhan Majeed, also from Punjab, to move into the quarter-final.

Pre-quarterfinals Results:

PlayervsPlayerScore line 
Haris Tahir (Punjab)defFarhan Majeed (Punjab)4-1 (60-53, 67-26, 41-51, 74-17, 65-56)
Shahzaib Malik (Punjab) def  Shehryar Khan (Sindh)4-1 (68-37, 69-23, 11-57, 67-49, 62-1)
Saad Khan (KP)def Arij Arsalan (Sindh)4-0 (103-14(56), 70-19(64), 79-46, 74-20)
 Imran Khan (Islamabad) def Mohammad Naseem Akhtar (Punjab)4-1 (61-47, 65-11, 72-63, 17-63, 56-28)
Umer Farooq (Punjab) def Mohammad Ahmed (Punjab)4-2 (78-37, 64-71, 15-54, 62-22, 49-39, 71-57)
Sheikh Mohammad Mudassir (Punjab) def Mohammad Saleem (KP)4-0 (63-17, 48-7, 59-48, 28-56)
Ahsan Ramzan (Punjab) def Kamran Albert Masih (KP) 4-0 (48-13, 68-15, 91-35, 54-21)
Mohammad Umer Khan (Punjab)def Zaib Khan (Balochistan) 4-1 (29-74, 74-42, 57-4, 57-29, 63-34)

Today's Fixture:

-Quarter Final Best of 7-10:00 am 

  • Haris Tahir (Pjb) v Shahzaib Malik (Pjb)
  • Saad Khan (Kp) v Imran Khan (Isb)
  • Umer Farooq (Pjb) v Sheikh Muhammad Mudassir (Pjb)
  • Ahsan Ramzan (Pjb) v Muhammad Umer Khan (Pjb) 

-Semi Final Best of 9-2:00 pm

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