LAHORE, Jan 21: Hunain Aamir and Mohammad Majid made it all Punjab-final line-up by winning their respective semi-finals of the Jubilee Insurance Pakistan National Junior U-21 Snooker Championship here on Saturday.

Majid went to full distance to overcome the challenge of spirited Shahzaib Khan (Sindh) after going 2-0 down and finishing with 4-3 lead.

The scoreline remained 55-63, 41-60, 63-32, 33-70, 94-8, 58-39, 66-58.

Hunain disposed of the challenge of Aakash Rafique of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 4-1.

The score in favour of Hunain was 61-60, 69-07, 15-71, 47-46, 69-44.

The final will be played on Sunday. President of the Pakistan Billiards and Snooker Association Alamgir Shaikh will be the chief guest.

The quarter-finals were also played before the semi-finals on Saturday.

Results: Semi-finals: Mohammad Majid (Punjab) bt Shahzaib Khan (Sindh) 55-63, 41-60, 63-32, 33-70, 94-08, 58-39, 66-58; Hunain Aamir (Punjab) bt Aakash Rafique (KP) 61-60, 69-07, 15-71, 47-46, 69-44.

Quarter-finals: Aakash Rafique (KP) bt Mian Qaiser (Punjab) 60-30, 59-53, 60-30, 78-08; Hunain Aamir (Punjab) bt Hamid Younus (Punjab) 53-51, 56-42, 74(54)-0, 38-76, 29-87, 63-48; Shahzaib Khan (Sindh) bt Khizar Aziz (Sindh) 38-59, 53-42, 68-58, 50-39, 32-64, 70-71, 69-46; Mohammad Majid (Punjab) bt Ali Raza (Punjab) 69-01, 16-65, 71-37, 85-59, 08-68, 58-17.

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