LAHORE: The National U-18 Snooker Championship entered the quarter-finals stage here on Saturday.

In last the eight, Umar Farooq of Punjab takes on Islamabad’s William Laffourge while Waqas faces Haris Tahir in the all-Punjab match.

Muzammil Khan of Sindh meets Umar Khan of Punjab and Sameer-ul-Hassan of Sindh plays Umar Khan of Punjab in the other two quarter-finals to be held on Sunday.

Results (pre-quarterfinals):

Willam Lafforgue (Islamabad) bt Mohammad Farhan Khan (Punjab) 4-1 (1-0, 58-12, 24-59, 73-24, 90-44); Waqas Shafiq (Punjab) bt Usman Ahmed (Punjab) 4-3 (51-55, 01-68, 59-27, 72-27, 17-68, 53-18, 49-25); Haris Tahir (Punjab) bt Mohammad Salik (Sindh) 4-2 (24-55, 73-28, 63-20, 77-26, 47-64, 69-43); Umar Farooq (Punjab) bt Uzair Khan (Islamabad) (walkover); Muzammil Khan (Sindh) bt Saud Khan (Punjab) 4-2 (57-70, 17-72, 66-36, 56-23, 53-30, 65-25); Umar Khan (Punjab) bt Shahzaib Malik (Punjab) 4-1 (62-46, 19-73, 65-05, 62-50, 56-25); Sameer-ul-Hassan (Sindh) bt Mohammad Faraz (Sindh) 4-0 (51-16, 71-01, 61-27, 59-20); Mohammad Zubair Shamsi (Sindh) bt Mohammad Azam Khan (KP) 4-1 (63-32, 56-16, 56-25, 41-44, 47-10).

Published in Dawn, January 10th, 2016