LAHORE: Mohammad Anis of Punjab defeated Balochistan’s Ali Raza in a thrilling quarter-final of the MENU U-17 Junior National Snooker Championship here at the Pakistan Sports Board’s Coaching and Training Centre on Thursday.

Anis in a closely-fought match edged out Ali Raza 4-3 (60-47, 38-51, 22-63, 47-36, 67-50, 01-75, 65-39).

Punjab’s Aleem Owais, and Sindh players Mohammad Sahil and Mohammad Hasnain comfortably won the other three quarter-finals.

Earlier on Thursday, first-round matches were played

Results:

Quarter-finals: Aleem Owais (Punjab) bt M. Aaliyan (Punjab) 4-1 (09-73, 53-05, 56-14, 64-27, 63-34); Mohammad Anis (Punjab) bt Ali Raza (Balochistan) 4-3 (60-47, 38-51, 22-63, 47-36, 67-50, 01-75, 65-39). M. Sahil (Sindh) bt Zain-ul-Abdin (Punjab) 4-1 (87-35, 35-58, 65-54, 74-32, 84-18); Mohammad Hasnain (Sindh) bt Bilal (KP) 4-1 (70-34, 51-62, 70-22, 69-35, 69-26)

First round: Mohammad Anis (KP) bt M. Abu Bakr (Islamabad) 3-2 (17-44, 18-45, 44-31, 51-13, 56-22); Bilal (KP) bt Gulam Mustafa (Islamabad) 3-0 (44-17, 38-16, 57-11); M. Sahil (Sindh) bt Mohammad Danish (KP) 3-0 (39-21, 45-36, 51-09); Mohammad Hasnain (Sindh) bt Azhar Hussain (KP) 3-0 (57-22, 66-27, 59-11); Ali Raza (Bal) bt Mohammad Ali (Punjab) 3-1 (44-27-53-21, 19-44, 51-29); Mohammad Anis (KP) bt M. Subhan Akbar (Sindh) 3-0 (70-16, 75-1, 42-20); Zain-ul-Abdin (Punjab) bt M. Abu Bakr (Islamabad) 3-0 (57-10, 71-45, 87-69); Qarar Hussain (Balochistan) bt Gulam Mustafa (Islamabad) 3-0 (55-13, 74-28, 63-18); M. Aaliyan (Sindh) bt Bilal (KP) 3-0 (61-23, 62-42, 50-30); Aleem Owis (Punjab) bt Mohammad Danish (KP) 3-1 (54-11, 66-31, 42-56, 80-42); Mohammad Hasnain (Sindh) bt Ali Raza (Balochistan) 3-0 (86-45, 67-21, 51-38); Mohammad Ali (Punjab) bt Azhar Hussain (KP) 3-1 (23-52, 58-46, 54-20, 72-15).

Published in Dawn, January 5th, 2024