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Express Tribune
30-01-2025
- Sport
- Express Tribune
Asif, Sajjad, Owais and Shahid reach semis
World Snooker Champion Muhammad Asif, Muhammad Sajjad, Owais Munir and Shahid Aftab advanced into the semi-finals of the NBP 49th National Snooker Championship. In the quarter-final matches, Naseem Akhtar, Sohail Shahzad, Ean Mark John and Abdul Sattar were lost their hopes. Shahid Aftab upset number four seed Sohail Shahzad and eliminated him from the championship. Muhammad Asif played the only century break of the quarter-finals. He made a break of 110 against Ean Mark John. All four quarter-finals were played on Thursday at the Snooker Arena of the National Bank Sports Complex. In the first quarter-final, Punjab's Owais Munir defeated Sindh's Abdul Sattar by 5-4. The frame scores were 112-16, 68-45,36-76,52-58,71-13, 27-96,66-27,98-0and 73-64. In the second quarter-final, Punjab's Muhammad Sajjad defeated Punjab's Naseem Akhtar by 5-2. The frame scores were 0-87,81-50,20-79,92-22,80-13,74-0 and 57-0. In the third quarterfinal, Shahid Aftab of Punjab defeated number four seed Sohail Shahzad of Sindh by 5-4. The frame scores were 55-62,55-44,61-09,7-71,98-18,12-66,01-58,56-04and 76-65 in favor of the winner Shahid Aftab. In the fourth and last quarterfinal, Muhammad Asif of Punjab defeated Ean Mark John of Sindh by 5-1 and reached in the semifinals. The frame scores were 119-11,68-57,82-32,80-23,22-69 and 68-11 in favor of Muhammad Asif. The best-of-11 frames semifinals will be played today. Awais Munir will face Muhammad Sajjad and Muhammad Asif will face Shahid Aftab.
Express Tribune
29-01-2025
- Sport
- Express Tribune
Defending champ Asjad falls in pre-quarters
Top seed and defending champion Asjad Iqbal of Punjab was defeated by Muhammad Sajjad of Punjab and was eliminated from the NBP 49th National Snooker Championship, while Naseem Akhtar, world champion Muhammad Asif, Shahid Aftab, Sohail Shahzad, Ean Mark John, Abdul Sattar and Owais Munir also won their matches in the pre-quarterfinals and advanced to the quarterfinals. Naseem Akhtar played breaks of 118, Asjad Iqbal 114, Shahid Aftab 109 and Sohail Shahzad also played breaks of 109. The pre-quarterfinals of the grand event were played on Wednesday at the Snooker Arena of the National Bank Sports Complex. Muhammad Sajjad of Punjab defeated defending champion and top seed of the event Asjad Iqbal of Punjab by 5-3 after an exciting match to ensure his entry into the quarterfinals. The frame scores of his victory were 61-25, 65-39, 25-62, 5-114, 25-69, 67-26, 78-11 and 69-29 in his favor. In other pre-quarterfinals, Naseem Akhtar of Punjab defeated Zulfiqar A. Qadir of Sindh by 5-4, Owais Munir of Punjab defeated Sharjeel Mahmood of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by 5-1, Abdul Sattar of Sindh defeated Adil A. Jabbar of Balochistan by 5-4, Shahid Aftab of Punjab defeated Wasim Abbas of Punjab by 5-2, Sohail Shahzad of Sindh defeated Muhammad Shahbaz of Punjab by 5-2. Sindh's Ean Mark John defeated Punjab's Babar Masih by 5-4 and Punjab's Muhammad Asif defeated Punjab's Mubashir Raza by 5-4 in an exciting and thrilling match to make it to the quarterfinals. All four quarterfinals will be played today. In the first quarterfinal, Punjab's Owais Munir will face Sindh's Abdul Sattar, in the second quarterfinal, Punjab's Muhammad Sajjad face Punjab's Naseem Akhtar, in the third quarterfinal, Punjab's Shahid Aftab takes Sohail Shahzad and in the fourth quarterfinal, Punjab's Muhammad Asif will takes Sindh's Ean Mark John.
