ISLAMABAD - The 11th U-21 Jubilee Insurance Junior National Championship 2019 commenced here at PSB Snooker Hall, Pakistan Sports Complex on Thursday, under the auspices of Pakistan Billiards & Snooker Association (PBSA).
Besides, defending champion M Naseem Akhtar, 37 players from across the country are participating in the week-long championship being held on league-cum-knock-out basis. The participating players have been divided in eight different groups at the end of league matches. Two top layers from each group will qualify for the pre-quarterfinals.
Pakistan Sports Board Deputy Director General (Technical) Muhammad Azam Dar inaugurated the championship. In all, 26 matches were scheduled for the opening day. Ammar Hussain Shah beat Abdul Aziz 3-1, 57-44, 47-75, 62-49 and 68-32, Shehryar Abbas beat Muzammil Khan 3-2, 40-73, 70-46, 71-49, 49-60 and 71-36, Fahad Ghaffar beat Gulam Mustafa 3-0, 69-30, 68-31 and 88-65, Shehryar Khan beat Umer Farooq 3-2, 77-51, 78-18, 22-71, 62-74 and 70-02, Umer Khan beat Ali Zaman 3-0, 95-0, 78-0 and 62-1.
Saad Khan beat Afsar Ali 3-0, 56-19, 66-33 and 60-9, Muhammad Saleem beat Abdul Rehman 3-0, 81-15, 75-01 and 70-3, Shaikh M Mudassir beat Iftikhar Hussain 3-0m 98-14, 74-39 and 80-12, Shehryar Abbas beat Abdul Aziz, 3-1, 64-33, 2-54, 56-28 and 66-17, Usman Ahmed beat Ammar Hussain Shah 3-0, 63-28, 59-26 and 85-25, Shehryar Khan beat Fahad Ghaffar 3-1, 61-20, 46-59, 68-35 and 67-43, Muhammad Rafiq beat Gulam Mustafa 3-0, 77-21, 90-16 and 89-64.
Ali Zaman beat Afsar Ali 3-0, 75-31, 60-26 and 46-39, Umer Khan beat Zohaib Khan 3-0, 63-35, 63-13 and 74-60, Muhammad Saleem beat Shaikh M Mudassir 3-2, 46-60, 60-7, 66-50, 28-55 and 65-12, Abdul Rehman beat Ameer Hamza 3-2, 26-64, 52-24, 19-40, 63-53 and 68-54, Raees Ali Usama beat Muhammad Usama 3-0, 73-26, 71-26 and 53-18, Ali Haider beat Sohaib Usman 3-0, 66-31, 45-36 and 61-22.