ISLAMABAD: The 12th U21 National Junior Championship ’20, entered its Finals phase. Today, the Quarter and Semi Finals were played.
In the Quarter finals there were two major upsets in which two reigning champions were defeated. In the first one Saad Khan beat Imran Khan Islamabad Champion (Seat No. 6) and in the second upset Umer Farooq bt Sheikh Muhammad Mudassir Punjab Champion (Seat No. 3)
Tomorrow – 23rd January the Final Best of 11 Frames Fixture will be played at 10:00 am between:
- Haris Tahir (Pjb) v Umer Farooq (Pjb)
The Semi Final Results
- Haris Tahir (Pjb) bt Saad Khan (Kp) 5-2 (30-62, 80-5, 85-6(85), 71-24, 72-34, 15-64, 75-41)
- Umer Farooq (Pjb) bt Muhammad Umer Khan (Pjb) 5-2 (31-60, 53-38, 62-15, 42-53, 79-32, 51-40, 73-1)
The Quarter Final Results
- Haris Tahir (Pjb) bt Shahzaib Malik (Pjb) 4-2 (60-38, 45-49, 50-41, 67-54, 33-46, 82-43)
- Saad Khan (Kp) bt Imran Khan (Isb) 4-2 (27-47, 63-35, 65-2, 34-68, 68-23, 65-40)
- Umer Farooq (Pjb) bt Sheikh Muhammad Mudassir (Pjb) 4-2 (26-64, 16-73, 53-43, 49-7, 62-9, 66-35)
- Muhammad Umer Khan (Pjb) bt Ahsan Ramzan (Pjb) 4-0 (70-63, 60-27, 69-33, 55-21)