2017 IBSF U18 World Champion Naseem Akhtar off to flying start in 45th Jubilee Insurance National Snooker C'ship
Muhammad Naseem Akhtar made an upset on the inaugural day of the 45th edition of Jubilee Insurance National Snooker Championship by hammering Muhammad Yaqoob 4-0 at the Karachi Gymkhana.
2017 IBSF U18 World Champion, Muhammad Naseem Akhtar made an upset on the inaugural day of the 45th edition of Jubilee Insurance National Snooker Championship by hammering Muhammad Yaqoob 4-0 at the Karachi Gymkhana.
Eighth seed Muhammad Naseem Akhtar remained the closest to chalking up the first century break of the 11-day event as his break of 97 remained the highest on the opening day. He followed it up with another break of 70 a couple of frames later to topple Muhammad Yaqoob, a qualifier from Khyber Pakhtunkwa (KPK).
Opening Day Results:
| Player | vs | Player | Score line |
|---|---|---|---|
| Muhammad Bilal | def | Shariq Ali (Sindh) | 4-3(74-53, 18-61, 19-64, 86-27, 8-98(94), 82-27, 69-27) |
| Muhammad Ahsan Javaid (Punjab) | def | Saad Khan | 4-1(64-14, 77-5(54), 103-19(85), 7-53, 88-11(86),) |
| Aakash Rafique (KP) | w/o | Munawar Khaliq (Isb) | |
| Muhammad Asif (NBP) | def | Muhammad Nazeer (Punjab) | 4-2(38-77, 58-25, 47-65, 83-5, 83-5(75), 70-0, 65-1(52),) |
| Sheikh Muhammad Mudassir (SBP) | def | Saqib Bashir (Bal) | 4-2(53-17, 70-2(56), 9-80) |
| Rambail Gul (KP) | def | M. Jawed Ansari (Sindh) | 4-3(48-60, 46-74(54), 64-33, 62-29, 60-53, 15-66(50), 74-01) |
| Muhammad Sajjad (NBP) | def | Muhammad Imran(KP) | 4-0(64-53, 89-42, 65-36, 54-52) |
| Umer Farooq (Punjab) | def | S. Meesam Zadi (Sindh) | 4-0(70-17, 62-8, 63-54, 60-14) |
| Bahadur Khan (Bal) | def | A. Sattar Khan (Isb) | 4-3(65-95, 73-46, 61-29, 15-54, 63-50, 19-65, 72-21) |
| Asjad Iqbal (NBP) | def | Muhammad Asif Toba (Punjab) | 4-3(50-74, 16-51, 28-51, 74-94(55), 60-8, 83-44, 58-44) |
| Muhammad Umar Khan (Punjab) | def | Muhammad Rizwan Hashmi (Sindh) | 4-0(58-25, 68-15, 78-41, 58-17) |
| Ali Haider (SBP) | def | Shan Naimat (Isb) | 4-2(64-31, 91-4(50), 35-58, 58-8(52), 38-62, 61-34) |
| Muhammad Ijaz (Punjab) | def | Obaid Khan (Bal) | 4-0(108-3(82), 47-15, 68-28, 76-17) |
| Abdul Sattar (Sindh) | def | Usman Ahmed (KP) | 4-0(54-23, 51-16, 73-0, 52-32) |
| Muhammad Saleem (KP) | def | Ali Raza (Sindh) | 4-2(71-17(71), 88-3(51), 53-65, 13-63, 59-20, 72-38) |
| Sohail Shahzad (Sindh) | def | Ahsan Ramzan (SBP) | 4-3(52-68, 34-86(54), 77-56, 35-64, 67-54, 64-59, 53-42) |
| Shahid Aftab (Punjab) | def | HarisTahir (NBP) | 4-0(70-36, 51-43, 54-39, 77-20(53),) |
| Muhammad Naseem Akhtar (NBP) | def | Muhammad Yaqoob (KP) | 4-0(116-5(97), 83-6, 86-1(70), 65-42) |
| Mubashir Raza (Punjab) | def | Abdul Ghafoor (Bal) | 4-0(85-39, 68-15, 66-18, 67-22) |
| Zulfiqar A. Qadir (Sindh) | def | Ahmed Shah (Bal) | 4-2(58-50, 41-56, 101-6, 51-58, 66-10, 60-13) |
