Asif Shahid reach knockout round at national snooker

KARACHI: Protecting champion and top seed Mohammad Asif and third seed Shahid Aftab consolidated their settings for making it to the knockout round of the NBP 46th National Snooker Champion below at the bank’s sports complex on Monday.

Drawn in team ‘A’, four-time nationwide champion Asif won back-to-back suits to remain unbeaten in 4 trips thus far. First, he trounced Owaisullah of Punjab 4-1 (92-18, 75-5, 15-98, 68-9, 78-54) and then outplayed Balochistan’s Abdul Qadir Ashir 72-34, 80-0, 67-9, 92-0.

Asif, 39, that is likewise a two-time globe champion, is yet to play 2 more games to finish his league interactions.

Shahid, a previous national champion, drubbed Waqar Ahmed of Islamabad 4-1 to extend his winning sequence in team ‘C’. He was residence 91-27, 91-28, 69-36, 1-93, 71-42.

Having actually lost the first 2 matches, previous nationwide champion as well as second seed Mohammad Sajjad recuperated to win two fixtures on Monday. Sajjad first caused straight defeat upon Mohammad Iftekhar 60-25, 57-39, 72-14, 66-32 and after that overwhelmed Sharjeel Mehmood 87-15, 63-57, 73-25, 85-66.

Ali Hamza, a qualifier from Sindh, shocked fourth seed Mohammad Bilal 4-2 (45-55, 80-28, 90-33, 62-78, 37-14, 73-0).

In yet one more upset, inconspicuous Saad Khan blanked ruling Eastern group champion Zulfiqar A. Qadir 63-49, 49-16, 67-51, 73-19.

It might be mentioned that Zulfiqar paired with Babar Masih to win the 2019 Eastern group title at Doha and also the occasion has actually not occurred ever since due to Covid-19 pandemic.

Mohammad Ijaz hammered the only century break (105) of the day while directing Hiskail Bilal 4-1 (88-27, 32-87, 86-8, 65-22, 106-0).

Results:

Waqar Ahmed (Islamabad) bt Aftab Baig (Balochistan) 4-0 (66-43, 63-19, 60-16, 72-44); Mohammad Sajjad (Punjab) bt Mohammad Iftekhar (Sindh) 4-0 (60-25, 57-39, 72-14, 66-32); Adil Khan (Balochistan) bt Hamza Akbar (Punjab) 4-3 (62-56, 80-44, 20-52, 61-58, 34-63, 16-71, 70-35); Sharjeel Mehmood (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt Saifullah (Punjab) 4-1 (65-45, 37-57, 68-41, 75-44, 79-1); Mohammad Asif (Punjab) bt Owaisullah (Punjab) 4-1 (92-18, 75-5, 15-98, 68-9, 78-54); Abdul Sattar (Sindh) bt Munawar Khaliq (Islamabad) 4-3 (24-76, 92-19, 56-69, 68-39, 41-60, 57-17, 61-40); Rambel Gul (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt Abdul Qadir Ashir (Balochistan) 4-0 (75-38, 93-5, 77-16, 103-14); Mohammad Sajjad (Punjab) bt Sharjeel Mehmood (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 4-0 (87-15, 63-57, 73-25, 85-66); Adil Khan (Balochistan) bt Zubair Tahir (Punjab) 4-1 (70-48, 80-53, 64-65, 71-32, 54-39); Saifullah (Punjab) bt Hamza Akbar (Punjab) 4-0 (89-24, 75-31, 63-58, 55-12); Mohammad Asif (Punjab) bt Abdul Qadir Ashir (Balochistan) 4-0 (72-34, 80-0, 67-9, 92-0); Mohammad Shahzad (Punjab) bt Munawar Khaliq (Islamabad) 4-2 (72-25, 40-62, 72-27, 15-73, 73-17, 73-18); Ali Hamza (Sindh) bt Mohammad Bilal (Punjab) 4-2 (45-55, 80-28, 90-33, 62-78, 37-14, 73-0); Sheikh M. Mudassir (Punjab) bt Abdul Javed (Islamabad) 4-2 (65-21, 53-63, 67-43, 48-59, 56-41, 49-38); Nadeem Gul (Punjab) bt Ahmad Shah (Balochistan) 4-0 (58-51, 57-26, 58-34, 86-0); Shahid Aftab (Punjab) bt Waqar Ahmed (Islamabad) 4-1 (91-27, 91-28, 69-36, 1-93, 71-42); Ahsan Ramzan (Punjab) bt Aamir Sohail (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 4-2 (73-25, 88-0, 36-55, 70-37, 57-68, 75-17); Hammad Hassan Shaikh (Punjab) bt Aftab Baig (Balochistan) 4-1 (19-51, 69-8, 61-12, 70-9, 51-38); Mubashir Raza (Punjab) bt Hamza Ilyas (Punjab) 4-3 (71-53, 18-66, 63-54, 12-56, 0-57, 63-16, 61-22); Saad Khan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt Zulfiqar A. Qadir (Sindh) 4-0 (63-49, 49-16, 67-51, 73-19); Mohammad Taufiq Johri (Sindh) bt Bahadur Khan (Balochistan) 4-1 (23-60, 88-30, 64-33, 64-47, 59-39); Mohammad Ahsan Javed (Punjab) bt Sheikh Mohammad Muzammil (Punjab) 4-3 (39-55, 66-21, 20-59, 63-40, 67-16, 51-61, 52-9); Mohammad Ijaz (Punjab) bt Hiskail Bilal (Balochistan) 4-1 (88-27, 32-87, 86-8, 65-22, 106-0); Umer Naeem (Sindh) bt Shah Khan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 4-1 (63-23, 34-48, 67-24, 76-30, 61-15).