Nadeem went down to India’s Sahil Nayyar 4-2. PHOTO: FILE
KARACHI: Pakistan’s Mohammad Haris Nadeem and Amir Tariq were knocked out of the last-16 round in the 15th Asian U21 Snooker Championship being played in Mohali, India.
Nadeem went down to India’s Sahil Nayyar 4-2. Nayyar got off to a great start, winning the first frame with a break of 122 points and then going on to claim the second one as well.
However, Nadeem drew parity by winning the next frame to make it 2-2, but Nayyar held onto the challenge and secured victory with close wins in the following two frames, with final scores of 134(122)-06, 57-50, 47-61, 00-71, 78-45 and 62-42.
Meanwhile, Amir Tariq was defeated 4-1 by Thailand’s Thanawat Thirapongpaeboon with a scoreline of 69-10, 54-69, 109(109)-06, 80-00 and 65-29.
Earlier, all four Pakistan cueists had qualified for the last-16 phase, including Mohammad Majid Ali and Hamza Akbar.
Akbar had rounded off a neat win on Wednesday with a 4-0 thumping of Sri Lanka’s Amin Shamil. He did not allow Shamil to get going and won with a scoreline of 94-16, 62-28, 40-09 and 64-21.
Meanwhile, former world champion Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Sajjad will be practicing in Karachi for the upcoming IBFS World 6-Red and World Team Championships to be played from June 18-29 in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt.
Their training camp will commence from Friday till June 16 at the NBP Sports Complex. Both cueists will enter the team event as defending champions.
Published in The Express Tribune, June 12th, 2014.
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