ISLAMABAD-Kamran Albert Masih and M Hamza Ilyas Tuesday stunned third seed M Rafiq and fourth seed Yasir Ahmed of Balochistan in the Jubilee Insurance 3rd National Junior U-18 Snooker Championship 2018 pre-quarterfinals played here at the PSB Billiards & Snooker Hall.
Shahzaib Malik, Sheikh M Mudassir, Ahsan Ramzan, Sheheryar Abbas, Umer Khan and Hamza Ilyas of Punjab, M Rafey of Sindh and Kamran Albert Masih qualified for the quarterfinals to be played today (Wednesday) at 10am. Both the semifinals will be played at 2pm while the final will be held tomorrow (Saturday) at 10am.
Being last year semifinalist, KP’s Rafiq was firm favourite but he remained totally off coloured as Kamran Albert Masih defeated him 4-2 in the first pre-quarterfinal. The second upset of the day was made by M Hamza Ilyas of Lahore, who outlasted 4th seed Yasir Ahmed of Balochistan by 4-0 in the best-of-seven matches.
PRE-QUARTERFINAL RESULTS: Shahzaib Malik (Pjb) beat Malik Muzammil Khan (Kp) 4-0 (48-34, 69-26, 73-21, 82-29), M Rafay (Sindh) beat Shaikh M Muzammil (Pjb) 4-3 (58-57, 48-22, 38-46, 28-67, 56-31, 24-59, 90-82), Shaikh M Muddasar (Pjb) beat Sheriyar Khan (Sindh) 4-1 (34-55, 52-40, 68-07, 71-58, 57-27), Kamran Albert (Kp) bt M Rafiq (KP) 4-3 (59-54, 02-65, 72-31, 60-43, 42-54, 10-73, 67-19), Ahsan Ramzan (Pjb) beat Kamran Chaudhry (Isb) 4-1 (56-16, 55-82, 58-03, 54-37, 72-29), Umer Khan (Pjb) beat M Bilal (Pjb) 4-2 (68-10, 54-22, 64-15, 48-68, 50-52, 64-18), M Shehryar Abbas (Pjb) beat M Ali (Isb) 4-2 (63-49, 54-38, 38-51, 31-41, 59-58, 59-45), M Hamza Ilyas (KP) bt Yasir Ahmed (Bal) 4-0 (55-15, 63-33, 58-08, 58-10).