KARACHI: Top cueists continued their winning spree in the sixth national junior under-21 snooker championship at Movenpick hotel arcade on Sunday.

Top seed and reigning national champion Hamza Akbar of Punjab notched up his second successive victory in group A while inflicting straight defeat on Sindh’s Mohammad Adil the scores being 107-14, 91-21, 53-3. He faces Saif Ali Khan of Balochistan in his third and last group fixture on Monday.

Defending champion Mohsin Amin, also of Punjab, survived a scare while getting the better of Balochistan’s Mohammad Ibrahim in fully stretched battle 3-2. The former was home 81-26, 75-24, 45-56, 42-56, 79-66.

Punjab’s Mohammad Majid Ali, who won silver for the country in the Asian under-21 snooker championship at Indore last year, removed Mohammad Kashif of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 83-13, 106-7, 82-38 to post second victory in group B.

The league matches concludes on Monday followed by knockout pre quarter-finals.

Results:

Amir Sohail (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt Noman Iqbal (Islamabad) 3-1 (49-39, 29-67, 66-14, 64-8); Mohsin Amin (Punjab) bt Mohammad Ibrahim (Balochistan) 3-2 (81-26, 75-24, 45-56, 42-56, 79-66); Mohammad Fahad Khan (Sindh) bt Mohammad

Azam Khan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwak) 3-1 (40-65,

58-28, 72-15, 55-32); Amir Traiq (Punjab) bt Shahryar Jaffar (Balochistan) 3-0 (63-8, 100-0, 53-18);

Hamza Akbar (Punjab) bt Mohammad Adil

(Sindh) 3-0 (107-14, 91-21, 53-3); Haris Nadeem (Sindh) bt Rabi-ul-Hasan (Balochistan) 3-0

(82-28, 85-24, 56-45); Mohammad Rafiq (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt Bilal Farooq (Sindh) 3-1 (60-57,

50-39, 41-51, 56-44); Mohammad Sumair (Sindh)

bt Jahanzaib (Balochistan) 3-1 (52-17, 36-37,

57-16, 54-7); Saifullah (Punjab) bt Mohammad Zubair (Sindh) 3-0 (walk over); Usman Khan

(Sindh) bt Asher Arshad (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa)

3-0 (66-23, 47-17, 56-12); Hunain Amir (Punjab)

bt Mohammad Sajawal (Punjab) 3-1 (69-20, 84-23,

20-83, 56-43); Saif Ali Khan (Balochistan) bt Tasawar-ul-Haq (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 3-0 (49-10, 97-5,

63-11); Mohammad Majid Ali (Punjab) bt Mohammad Kashif (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 3-0 (83-13, 106-7, 82-38); Abdul Raheem (Punjab) bt Junaid Babar (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 3-0 (56-36, 55-20, 84-12).

Monday’s fixtures: Matches start at 10am.

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