Naseem, Shahbaz Moves In U21 Snooker Final

Punjab's Naseem Akhtar and Muhammad Shahbaz have both qualified for the Jubilee Insurance 10th National Junior Under-21 Snooker Championship 2018 final here at Billiards and Snooker Hall on Thursday

ISLAMABAD, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 18th Jan, 2018 ) :Punjab's Naseem Akhtar and Muhammad Shahbaz have both qualified for the Jubilee Insurance 10th National Junior Under-21 Snooker Championship 2018 final here at Billiards and Snooker Hall on Thursday.

The final and the closing ceremony will be held on Friday. Federal Minister for Inter Provincial Coordination Mian Riaz Hussain Pirzada will be the chief guest on the occasion. President Pakistan Billiards and Snooker Association (PBSA) Munawwar Hussain Sheikh and former President of PBSA Alamgir Sheikh will also witness the final.

The winner will represent Pakistan in Asian U21 Snooker Championship to take place in March in Myanmar and the IBSF World U21 Snooker Championship to be held in July in China.

Highlight of the day was superb performance by Naseem Akhtar who made the highest break of 111 in the quarter final against Ali Zaman Khan of Sindh besides three half century breaks of 93, 72 and 52 in the semi-final against Haris Tahir.

Naseem faced no difficulty in overcoming last year's runners up Haris Tahir of Punjab by 5-2 in the first semi final. The first semi final score was: 72-17 (72), 93-02 (93), 05-80, 62-14, 66-39 (52), 42-66 and 57-45.

In the second semi final Muhammad Shahbaz beat Usman Ahmed by 5-4. result: Muhammad Shahbaz (Pjb) beat Usman Ahmed (Pjb) 5-4 (60-23, 60-32, 60-16, 50-08, 22-55, 28-68, 12-58, 14-71, 51-16); Muhammad Naseem Akhtar (Pjb) bt Haris Tahir (Pjb) 5-2 (72-17(72), 93-02(93), 05-80, 62-41, 66-39(52), 42-66, 57-45).