KARACHI: Shahid Nazir Minhas lived up to the billing in the 9th Dreamworld Cue Sports Championship being staged here at the club’s billiards parlour; as the quarter-finals of all the four categories concluded on Saturday.

The tall and well-built Shahid, having appeared in the national ranking tournaments for quite a few years in the recent past, forced his way in the semifinals of the snooker as well as the pool events of the Championship.

In the snooker semifinals he will be up against Jahanzeb Khan while Mohammad Ali Chughtai will be taking on Syed Hadi Ahmed.

In the pool open event semifinals Shahid will be confronting Asif Chotani while Rashid Habib will be trying his luck against Syed Saad Ahmed. The quartet of Sahar Abbasi, Saba Abbasi, Nighat Niazullah and Mariam Lari forced their way into semifinals of the pool ladies event. Sahar faces Mariam and Saba will tackle Nighat in the semifinals.

Mohammad Noman, Abdul Sattar Shah, Mohammad Aslam Qamar and Mazhar Zubair Abbasi stormed into the semifinals of the pool seniors event. In the semifinals Noman will combat Sattar and Aslam will be pitted against Mazhar.

Results: Snooker Quarter-finals: Jahanzeb Khan bt Asif Chotani 3-2 (63-51, 42-62, 44-35, 8-72, 68-45); Shahid Nazir Minhas bt Rashid Habib 3-1 (50-36, 39-47, 57-28, 69-23); Mohammad Ali Chughtai bt Shamweel Ahmed 3-2 (42-57, 53-45, 29-54, 53-20, 50-38); Syed Hadi Ahmed bt Mohammad Nadeem Idrees 3-0 (60-34, 53-21, 52-34).

Pool Open Quarter-finals: Asif Chotani bt Mohammad Huzaifa 3-1; Shahid Nazir Minhas bt Hasan Aslam 3-1; Rashid Habib bt Zain Aslam 3-0; Syed Saad Ahmed bt Mohammad Yasir 3-0. Ladies Quarter-finals: Sahar Abbasi bt Sadia Aslam 3-1; Saba Abbasi bt Rakhshanda Lari 3-1; Nighat Niazullah bt Uzma Karim 3-2; Mariam Lari bt Kinza Athar 3-0.

Seniors Quarter-finals: Mohammad Noman bt Mazhar Hussain 3-2; Abdul Sattar Shah bt Dr Intikhab 3-1; Mohammad Aslam Qamar bt Syed Saud Hasan 3-1; Mazhar Zubair Abbasi bt Javed Siddiqui 3-1.