KARACHI: Junior Sindh champion Haris Nadeem toppled former national junior champion and wildcard entry Hunain Amir of Punjab 4-2 to sneak into the quarter-finals of the sixth national junior under-21 snooker championship at Movenpick hotel arcade on Tuesday.

Haris made a great comeback into the game from two frames down to turn the tables on Hunain who had featured in under-21 Asian and world championships in 2012.

The Sindh No 1 was home 41-63, 56-59, 67-43, 55-48, 55-18, 96-16 to set a date with Abdul Raheem of Punjab in the last eight fixtures on Wednesday. Haris also piled up a magnificent break of 84 in the sixth frame.

Another wildcard and junior international Amir Tariq of Punjab notched up a convincing 4-0 victory over Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Junaid Babar the scores being 42-26, 65-16, 40-1, 83-4.

Joining the last eight among others were national champion Hamza Akbar and last year’s junior under-21 runner-up Mohammad Majid Ali.

The former inflicted 4-2 defeat on junior Sindh No 2 Mohammad Fahad Khan (11-73, 71-60, 81-24, 22-55, 102-29, 73-10) while the latter overcome Punjab’s Saifullah 4-1 (59-41, 53-87, 63-31, 65-13, 98-0).

The four other cueists who were through to the quarters were Mohammad Rafiq (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), Abdul Raheem (Punjab), Noman Iqbal (Islamabad) and Mohammad Faheem (Punjab).

The quarter-finals will be played on Wednesday at 10am followed by semi-finals in the afternoon.

Results:

Pre quarter-finals:

Hamza Akbar (Punjab) bt Mohammad Fahad khan (Sindh) 4-2 (11-73, 71-60, 81-24, 22-55, 102-29, 73-10); Mohammad Rafiq (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt Mohammad Ibrahim (Balochistan) 4-1 (55-29, 44-58, 56-47, 82-14, 101-29); Amir Tariq (Punjab) bt Junaid Babar (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 4-0 (42-26, 65-16, 40-1, 83-4); Mohammad Majid Ali (Punjab) bt Saifullah (Punjab) 4-1 (59-41, 53-87, 63-31, 65-13, 98-0); Abdul Raheem (Punjab) bt Shariq Ali (Sindh) 4-0 (70-41, 75-22, 66-33, 94-0); Haris Nadeem (Sindh) bt Hunain Amir (Punjab) 4-2 (41-63, 56-59, 67-43, 55-48, 55-18, 96-16); Noman Iqbal (Islamabad) bt Usman Khan (Sindh) 4-2 (58-30, 45-67, 79-56, 57-22, 28-57, 73-53); Mohammad Faheem (Punjab) bt Mohammad Adil (Sindh) 4-1 (69-34, 32-57, 63-49, 55-47, 88-21).

Wednesday’s fixtures:

At 10.00am: Quarter-finals (best of seven frames)

Hamza Akbar (Punjab) v Mohammad Rafiq (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa); Amir Tariq (Punjab) v Mohammad Majid Ali (Punjab); Abdul Raheem (Punjab) v Haris Nadeem (Sindh); Noman Iqbal (Islamabad) v Mohammad Faheem (Punjab).

At 1.00pm: Semi-finals (best of nine frames)