Zubair to face Ahsan in snooker final

ISLAMABAD: Punjab’s Zubair Tahir and Ahsan Ramzan moved into the final of the Second Jubilee Insurance Under-16 National Junior Snooker Championship un­der­way at the Pakistan Spo­rts Complex Hall on Tuesday.

Zubair Tahir outplayed Faheem Liaquat 59-30, 37-24, 73-19, 69-37 while Ahsan Ramzan got better of Zain Ali 78-1, 61-57, 69-13, 71-2 in the semi-finals.

The final will be played today (Wednesday).

Results: Quarter-finals: Zubair Tahir (Pjb) bt Hamza Ilyas (Pjb) 77-42, 61-62, 71-23, 26-75, 68-11, 64-09; Faheem Liaquat (KP) bt Shabban Butt (Pjb) 55-44, 33-59, 63-11, 73-06, 39-29; Ahsan Ramzan (Pjb) bt Malik Muzammil Khan (KP) 46-28, 53-52, 68-18, 91-17; Zain Ali (Pjb) bt Adnan Aslam (Pjb) 49-7, 54-56, 47-69, 49-11, 57-13, 55-66, 89-45.

Semi-finals: Zubair Tahir (Pjb) bt Faheem Liaquat (KP) 59-30, 37-24, 73-19, 69-37; Ahsan Ramzan (Pjb) bt Zain Ali (Pjb) 78-1, 61-57, 69-13, 71-2.