Prolific Babar scores century break to seals pre-quarters berth at National Snooker C'ship
Rawalpindi-based Babar Masih continued his excellent form as he won his fifth match on the trot against Khizar Aziz of Sindh 4-1 in the 45th National Snooker Championship at Karachi Gymkhana.
Seventh seed Babar Masih erased the break of 136 piled up by Mohammad Ijaz against Usman Ahmed as he hammered 139 against Sindh champion Khizer Aziz in the 45th National Snooker Championship at Karachi Gymkhana.
Rawalpindi-based Babar Masih continued his excellent form as he won his fifth match on the trot against Khizar Aziz of Sindh 4-1. Having registered big breaks of 63, 87, 98 and 90 in successive frames the other day, he fired a magnificent break of 139 to demonstrate his pedigree. He looked absolutely flawless during the compilation of the superb break which earned a big round of applause from the spectators.
This is Babar’s second century break in five matches the previous being 113 against Ahmed Shah in group G.
Babar’s victory was fifth on trot and he will round off his league engagements when he meets another local cueist Zukfiqar A. Qadir Saturday morning, the last day of league.
Babar is among six seeded players who have maintained a clean slate in five games and have ensured a place in the knockout pre quarter-finals. The other top three seeds, Muhammad Asif, Muhammad Bilal and Asjad Iqbal, booked their places in the knockout phase.
Fourth seed Mohammad Sajjad and fifth seed Sohail Shahzad have won four out of five matches.
Day 5th Matches Result:
| Player | vs | Player | Score line |
|---|---|---|---|
| Muhammad Sajjad (NBP) | def | Bahadur Khan (Bal) | 4-2(69-18, 25-68, 73-19(53), 77-40(61), 33-73, 78-0(77),) |
| Sattar Khan (Isb) | def | Umer Farooq (Punjab) | 4-2(72-0(71), 49-40, 52-64, 61-75, 62-28, 66-51) |
| Hamza Akbar (Punjab) | def | Muhammad Imran (KP) | 4-1(64-11, 98-29, 15-56, 91-8(59), 59-9) |
| Asjad Iqbal (NBP) | def | Shan Naimat (Isb) | 4-1(39-67, 83-8, 70-0, 65-15(64), 68-13) |
| Muhammad Umar Khan (Punjab) | def | Ali Haider (SBP) | 4-3(60-20, 66-8, 0-73, 59-81, 98-0(88), 43-56, 57-26) |
| Muhammad Asif Toba (Punjab) | def | Sharjeel Mehmood (KP) | 4-3(10-53, 73-24, 22-62, 64-26(50), 64-30, 39-78, 79-0(66),) |
| Muhammad Bilal (SBP) | def | Munawar Khaliq (Isb) | 4-3(49-75, 1-69, 106-23, 40-70, 94-14, 69-39, 98-41) |
| Aakash Rafique (KP) | def | Saad Khan (KP) | 4-1(35-67, 90-34(65), 62-27, 53-5, 77-68) |
| Shariq Ali (Sindh) | def | Rabish Pervez (Bal) | 4-0(85-61, 61-54, 92-22, 47-24) |
| Muhammad Asif (NBP) | def | Rambail Gul (KP) | 4-1(74-44, 61-18, 68-48, 43-79, 55-50) |
| M. Jawed Ansari (Sindh) | def | Sheikh Muhammad Mudassir (SBP) | 4-2(65-47, 50-63, 51-15, 73-56, 17-59, 62-16) |
| Muhammad Nazeer (Punjab) | def | Ameer Hamza Khan (Isb) | 4-0(63-44, 66-38, 71-9(56), 42-8) |
| Muhammad Naseem Akhtar (NBP) | def | Rana Irfan (Punjab) | 4-1(75-52, 57-70, 67-10, 69-23, 62-41) |
| Mubashir Raza (Punjab) | def | Aamir Shahzad (KP) | 4-1(73-8(73), 72-14, 69-52(63), 54-68, 68-30) |
| Agha Bilawal (Sindh) | def | Muhammad Yaqoob (KP) | 4-0(75-19, 51-8, 66-25, 83-16) |
| Babar Masih (Punjab) | def | Khizar Aziz (Sindh) | 4-1(9-73(65), 73-28, 83-21, 75-10, 139-0(139),) |
| Muhammad Ali (Sindh) | def | Ibrahim Khan (Bal) | 4-2(67-16, 61-26, 36-69, 6-92, 68-43, 65-9) |
| Muhammad Ajmal (Punjab) | def | Obaid Khan (Bal) | 4-1(67-58, 80-22, 80-5, 40-67, 81-14) |
| Sohail Shahzad (Sindh) | def | Zubair Tahir (Punjab) | 4-1(62-51, 27-59, 82-23, 70-9(70), 95-2(55),) |
