Nasr recorded the highest score in the opening round of the Prince Faisal Bin Fahd Championship routing Tabuk's Al-Watani 9-0 Wednesday night. The round also witnessed Al-Ittihad lose to visitor Al-Wehda 2-1, while Al-Ahli scored a win over Madina's Ohod 2-0. Al-Ittifaq and Hitteen each scored 2-0 wins over Aladala and Najran, respectively. In other matches, Al-Shabab beat Ar-Riyadh 3-1, Al-Fath edged Hajr 3-2, while Al-Khaleej and Abha beat Al-Qadisiyah and Dhamak, respectively. Al-Hilal beat Al-Shoula 1-0 and At-Tayee edged Ar-Raed 2-1. Al-Nasr, whose Uruguayan coach Jorge Da Silva fielded young players, controlled the game from the start. It scored through Abdu Branawi, Muhammad Al-Sahlawi, Turki Al-Sufiyani, Saud Humoud and Khaled Az-Zai'ali. Ibrahim Ghalib and Saad Al-Harthi scored two goals. Al-Ahli squad succeeded in surpassing its host Ohod through goals from Jufain Al-Beeshi in the first half and Badr Al-Kharashi in the second. The two teams put up a better performance in the second half. Al-Hilal's attacker Muhammad Al-Anbar saved the day when he scored his team's winning goal in the 74th minute as he received a nice pass inside the box and calmly put it into Al-Shoula's net. The match in general was Al-Hilal's, whose players wasted several scoring opportunities. Al-Wehda beat Al-Ittihad here after a competitive match. The host went ahead through Abdul Aziz Al-Subyani in the 22nd minute before Al-Wehda's Sulaiman Al-Subiyani scored the equalizer in the 37th minute to go for the break at 1-1. The visitors looked better after the break and created several chances. Waleed Mahjoub put Al-Wehda in front for good in the hotly-contested match, which saw two red cards - one for Ittihad's Majid Abu Sabaan and the other for Wehda's Abdul Aziz Al
