ISLAMABAD: Promising Lahore-based cueist Umer Khan defeated Muhammad Mudassir Sheikh to win the National Under-18 Snooker Championship at Pakistan Sports Complex here on Thursday. Fourteen year-old Umer, who recently won Punjab Championship, outclassed last year’s runner-up Mudassir 5-2 with the score-line 41-62, 65-42, 64-22, 42-54, 54-16, 77-28, 65-16. Umer, after losing the first frame by 41-62, managed to come back in the second winning it 65-42. He kept the pressure on and took the lead by winning the third frame by 64-22. Mudassir brought back the balance in the fourth frame by 54-42, making the score 2-2 but Umer won the next three frames 54-16, 77-28 and 65-16 and the championship. A total of 32 players from Punjab, Sindh, KP, Balochistan and Islamabad participated in the six-day championship held on league basis. Meanwhile, the 10th National Junior Under-21 Snooker Championship will commence from Saturday (today) at the same venue in which 32 players from the four provinces and Islamabad will participate. Players` meeting and draws of Under-21 Championship were held on Friday at PSB Billiards & Snooker Hall. Published in Daily Times, January 13th 2018.