KARACHI: Punjab’s Haris Tahir continued his sublime form and confirmed a berth in the pre-quarter fin­als of the NBP 48th National Snoo­ker Championship here at the NBP Sports Complex Snooker Arena on Tuesday.

Haris, who upset former national champion Shahid Aftab on Monday, edged Sharjeel Mehmood of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 4-3 [80-51, 27-69(68), 61-28, 09-66(65), 139-0(115), 32-57, 66-27(65)] during their round-robin match.

Haris made a century break in the fifth frame of the match to take a 3-2 lead before he wrapped the triumph in the seventh frame following a break of 65.

Islamabad’s Abdul Javed also registered a century break in his 4-1 [68-04, 51-70, 85-39, 65-53, 118-16(105)] victory over Zulfiqar A. Qadir of Sindh.

Sindh’s Sohail Shahzad got a walkover win over defending champion Sultan Mohammad, who couldn’t participate due to illness.

The 11-year-old cueist Mohammad Sahil from Sindh succumbed to two back-to-back defeats against provice-mate Rizwan Hashmi (4-2) and Shah Khan of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (4-1).

Results (round-robin): Fazal Umar (Sindh) bt Mohammad Hasnain (Sindh) 45-41, 54-43, 32-58, 56-16, 4-61, 51-08; Ali Hamza (Sindh) bt Rambail Gul (KP) 43-73, 73-24, 06-77(77), 47-64, 101-24, 53-45, 60-09; Rizwan Hashmi (Sindh) bt Mohammad Sahil (Sindh) 52-42, 46-88, 42-52, 67-22, 60-15(54), 68-49); Abdul Sattar (Sindh) bt Farhan Noor (Punjab); 65-46, 77-01, 82-20, 0-96(91), 49-70, 76-09; Ali Raza (Sindh) bt Zafar Iqbal (Islamabad) 79-14, 27-66, 0-80(79), 54-74, 61-30, 61-45; Zulfiqar A. Qadir (Sindh) bt Abdul Rehman (Punjab); 83-41, 83-14, 73-0(73), 42-67, 29-92(80), 59-29; Sohail Shehzad (Sindh) bt Sultan Muhammad (Sindh) Walk over; Mohammad Ijaz (Punjab) bt Fawad Khan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 74-24, 68-18, 58-16, 39-62, 65-08; Haris Tahir (Punjab) bt Sharjeel Mehmood (KP) 80-51, 27-69(68), 61-28, 09-66(65), 139-0(115), 32-57, 66-27(65); Babar Masih (Punjab) bt Jahanzaib (Balochistan) 119-13, 78-20(74), 95-0(67), 78-07; Mohammad Asif (NBP) bt Farhan Noor (Punjab) 55-56, 22-67(60), 108-18(57), 58-06, 53-18, 77-42; Shah Khan (KP) bt Mohammad Sahil (Sindh) 45-0, 15-59, 108-8(68), 74-73, 59-35; Zaib Khan (Balochistan) bt Mohammad Hasnain (Sindh) 31-71, 76-12, 30-65, 83-01, 74-29, 26-84, 81-0(78); Mohammad Sajjad (NBP) bt Zafar Iqbal (Islamabad) 67-31, 46-51, 80-0(80), 64-58, 02-58, 89-0(59); Abdul Javed (Islamabad) bt Zulfiqar A. Qadir (Sindh) 68-04, 51-70, 85-39, 65-53, 118-16(105); Ali Hamza (Sindh) bt Jahanzaib (Balochistan) 92-19(78), 77-15(77), 72-02(69), 59-33; Ali Raza (Sindh) bt Basit Ali (Balochistan) 76-43, 75-11(68), 98-0, 66-16).

Published in Dawn, January 17th, 2024