Faheem upstages top seed Raheem in final

Young cueist wins 6-4 in the U21 snooker championship

KARACHI: Seventh seed Muhammad Faheem stunned top seed Abdul Raheem with a 6-4 win in the Jubilee Insurance National Junior U21 Snooker Championship final on Saturday to lift the winner’s trophy title at a local hotel in Karachi.

The first frame set the tone for a close match as Faheem pipped his opponent to go 1-0 up. However, Raheem hit back, winning two consecutive frames and struck a 108-point break in the process.

Faheem managed to put brakes on Raheem’s run to level the score 2-2. Raheem then threatened to run away with the title by going 4-3 up at one stage, but was stopped in his tracks by Faheem’s superior play in the closing rounds.

Faheem went on to win three consecutive frames to claim the 11-frame final with scores of 67-59, 15-72, 07-108(108), 70-16(57), 25-67, 67-46, 51-73, 74-32, 78-36 and 78-27.

“I was always confident that I can beat Raheem in the final and that helped me in the end,” Faheem told The Express Tribune.

 

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