Young Shahbaz stuns fifth seed Javed

On the third day of the 49th NBP National Snooker Championship, number five seed Abdul Javed suffered his second defeat. He was defeated 4-2 by Junior Asian Under-21 Championship semi-finalist Muhammad Shahbaz. Mubashir Raza played two century breaks, while seven century breaks were played on the third day of championship.

According to Tournament Director Naveed Kapadia, the third upset was witnessed on the third day at the Snooker Arena of the National Bank Sports Complex when Muhammad Shahbaz of Punjab, a semi-finalist of the Junior Asian Under-21 Snooker Championship, defeated number five seed Abdul Javed of Islamabad. He won by 4-2 with frame score was 64-49, 74-44, 10-69, 95-10, 0-77 and 81-09 in his favor.

Mubashir Raza of Punjab defeated Aamir Shahzad of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by 4-1, he played breaks of 125 and 110 in this match.

Apart from them, World Snooker Champion Muhammad Asif played break of 113, Muhammad Fahim 113, Wasim Abbas 101, Ahsan Javed 100 and Abdul Sattar also played breaks of 100.

In other league matches, Shahid Aftab of Punjab defeated Shahid Saleem of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 4-1, Ahsan Ramzan of Punjab defeated Ibrahim Khan of Balochistan 4-1, Umar Naeem of Sindh defeated Bahadur Khan of Balochistan 4-3, M Fahim of Punjab defeated Sharjeel Mahmood of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 4-2, Sindh's Zulfiqar A. Qadir defeated Balochistan's Zeb Khan 4-2.

In the other matches of the day, Islamabad's Faisal Daniyal defeated Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Umair Sudagar 4-0, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Sarbland Khan defeated Balochistan's Muneeb Ali 4-1, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Suleman Khan defeated Balochistan's Asadullah 4-2.

Balochistan's Adil Jabbar defeated Islamabad's Ali Dara 4-0, Sindh's Ean Mark John defeated Balochistan's Jahanzeb Jahangir 4-0, Punjab's Wasim Abbas defeated Islamabad's Sheikh Muzammil 4-1, Punjab's Babar Masih defeated Sindh's Ayyan Ali 4-0, Punjab's Ahsan Javed defeated Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Malik Muzammil 4-2, National Bank's Muhammad Asif defeated Punjab's Zubair Tahir 4-0 and Sindh's Abdul Sattar defeated Punjab's Shahid Shafiq 4-2.