Reigning Junior National champion Ashiq Hussain of Moors SC breezed into the quarter-finals of the of the 67th National Snooker Championships for the U.W. Sumathipala Memorial Trophy sponsored by Sumathi Group of Companies, defeating M. Abzal of Port of Pool club 4-1 at the AAC (Automobile Association of Ceylon) tables yesterday.
Twenty-year-old Hussain, who reeled off a break of 65 in the preliminary round, was in excellent touch easing past Abzal by four frames to one in the opening match of the last 16 knockout round. A semi-finalist at last year’s Nationals, Hussain lost a tight second frame 33/44 after winning the first 69/48, before pocketing the next three frames emphatically for an impressive win.
Defending champion M.F.M. Fahim (Moors) will face Ahmed Zulfi (Moors) while M.M. Mubeen (Army) will take on Intiyaz Farook (MICH) at 9.00 a.m. while the quarter-final round will commence at 12.00 p.m.
Results:
Pre-quarterfinals: Ashique Hussain (Moors SC) bt M. Abzal (POP) 4-1 (69/48, 33/44, 88/13, 60/10, 59/19), M.S. Fernando (Army) bt C. Chandrasekera (Army) 4-3 (41/52, 76/11, 38/58, 36/57, 63/28, 57/49, 56/03, H.A.M. Rimzan (MSC) bt Riyaz Noor (MSC) 4-1 (38/82, 58/21, 63/35, 70/27, 56/36), Susantha Wickrama (Army) bt T. Thanji (BRC) 4-2 (64/59, 63/47, 13/81, 56/27, 18/58, 76/56), S.M. Thaha (MICH) bt M. Sheriffdeen (Army) 4-1 (79/04, 62/45, 27/61, 76/27, 70/26)
Add new comment