Hammad excels with double century breaks

KARACHI: Punjab’s Hammad Hassan Shaikh came to be the initial gamer to sign up 2 century breaks in a match when he carved out a 4-1 victory over his fellow qualifier Aamir Sohail from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on the 3rd day of the league matches of the NBP 46th National Snooker Champion at the bank’s sports complex on Sunday.

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Hammad scored breaks of 138 and 116 in the 2nd and also fifth frameworks while chalking up a 94-4, 138-4, 78-8, 48-57, 116-0 victory over Aamir, who is recuperating from dengue.

Sixth seed Mubashir Raza endured his second succeeding defeat in Team ‘F’ when he dropped 2-4 to unseeded province-mate Umair Haider. The latter won the battle with a scoreline of 2-71, 77-15, 91-27, 19-68, 68-40, 42-5.

Mubashir now has one triumph and also 2 defeats with another 2 league matches to go.

8th seed Babar Masih, that lately won a silver in the World 6 Reds Snooker Championship at Doha, got on song as he stretched his unbeaten run.

He blanked Yaqoob Khan in straight structures 4-0 (92-23, 62-29, 82-34, 71-58) and after that outmatched Tanzeel Hussain 4-1 (54-62, 97-19, 92-0, 70-9, 120-1) taking his tally to 3 triumphes in as many days in Group ‘H’.

Results:

Babar Masih (Punjab) bt Yaqoob Khan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 4-0 (92-23, 62-29, 82-34, 71-58); Haris Tahir (Punjab) bt Jawed Ansari (Sindh) 4-2 (74-9, 21-69, 94-0, 66-23, 25-62, 97-0); Sultan Mohammad (Sindh) bt Tanzeel Hussain (Balochistan) 4-1 (65-0, 55-35, 66-14, 20-60, 65-23); Mohammad Naseem Akhtar (Punjab) bt Ibrahim Khan (Balochistan) 4-1 (59-42, 61-29, 65-60, 25-74, 53-9); Mohammad Saleem (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt Aamir Shahzad (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 4-0 (66-42, 64-9, 87-0, 85-25); Sattar Khan (Islamabad) bt Waseem Abbas (Punjab) 4-3 (62-63, 70-41, 31-75, 62-33, 64-26, 18-68, 66-46); Babar Masih (Punjab) bt Tanzeel Hussain (Balochistan) 4-1 (54-62, 97-19, 92-0, 70-9, 120-1); Asjad Iqbal (Punjab) bt Jawed Ansari (Sindh) 4-1 (84-36, 66-34, 92-4, 57-66, 62-31); Sultan Mohammad (Sindh) bt Yaqoob Khan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 4-3 (81-10, 64-19, 25-81, 76-30, 33-77, 64-69, 69-28); Mohammad Naseem Akhtar (Punjab) bt Sattar Khan (Islamabad) 4-2 (47-66, 68-21, 74-27, 58-27, 37-46, 76-10); Mohammad Faizan (Sindh) bt Aamir Shahzad (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 4-0 (67-40, 73-38, 66-36, 76-22); Waseem Abbas (Punjab) bt Ibrahim Khan (Balochistan) 4-2 (67-22, 46-86, 42-50, 64-22, 65-15, 67-28); Umair Haider (Punjab) bt Mubashir Raza (Punjab) 4-2 (2-71, 77-15, 91-27, 19-68, 68-40, 42-5); Saad Khan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt Mohammad Taufiq Johri (Sindh) 4-3 (64-25, 21-64, 50-40, 82-52, 47-52, 22-77, 71-4); Hamza Ilyas (Punjab) bt Bahadur Khan (Balochistan) 4-2 (73-43, 56-55, 45-68, 50-67, 63-40, 55-29); Mohammad Ahsan Javed (Punjab) bt Mohammad Imran Qamar (Punjab) 4-2 (64-33, 84-16, 5-79, 60-85, 70-38, 70-53); Shah Khan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt Hiskail Bilal (Balochistan) 4-0 (67-1, 67-57, 76-40, 58-39); Umer Naeem (Sindh) bt Sheikh Mohammad Muzammil (Punjab) 4-1 (31-64, 58-11, 72-11, 70-19, 74-43); Mohammad Bilal (Punjab) bt Mohammad Imran (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 4-1 (49-51, 74-28, 59-26, 73-12, 77-12); Abdul Javed (Islamabad) bt Ahmad Shah (Balochistan) 4-1 (79-46, 36-61, 67-33, 75-34, 75-3); Nadeem Gul (Punjab) bt Ali Hamza (Sindh) 4-0 (94-40, 63-27, 60-50, 62-44); Shahid Aftab (Punjab) bt Farrukh Usman (Sindh) 4-0 (62-23, 68-0, 80-68, 64-39); Hammad Hassan Shaikh (Punjab) bt Aamir Sohail (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 4-1 (94-4, 138-4, 78-8, 48-57, 116-0); Waqar Ahmed (Islamabad) bt Aftab Baig (Balochistan) 4-0 (66-43, 63-19, 60-16, 72-44).