Pakistani cueists Ahsan Ramzan and Hamza Ilyas have departed for Saudi Arabia to participate in the World U21 Snooker Championship which is starting tomorrow.
Ahsan, who won the Asian Under-21 Snooker Championship earlier this month, accompanied by Hamza, national age-group snooker champion, trained in Lahore for the championship.
Ahsan will face Tirdad Azadipour of Iran tomorrow in his first match. The Pakistan cueist had beaten Azadipour in Asian Under-21 Snooker Championship's semi-final earlier last month.
On the other hand, Hamza will meet Iraq's Umar Al Fahad in the morning whereas India's Arav Sancheti in the evening tomorrow.
Ahsan Ramzan won Asian Under-21 Snooker Championship
Ahsan defeated Iran's Malad Pourali by five-two in the final. The young Pakistani cueist looked favourite from the start as he took the lead of 4-0 by winning the first four frames convincingly.
Despite a very strong comeback by the Irani as he won the fifth and sixth frames, Ramzan did not lose his grip on the game and finished the game by winning the seventh frame and claiming the title.
He won the match with frame scores of 48-46, 70-5, 61-6, 62-29, 30-71, 55-67, 101-27.
Faizan Lakhani Faizan Lakhani is Deputy Editor (Sports) at Geo News.