An undated image of Pakistan cueist Muhammad Asif in motion. — Reporter/File
MANAMA: Pakistan’s veteran snooker participant Muhammad Asif superior to the ultimate of the IBSF World Masters Snooker Championship with a formidable 4-2 win over India’s Manan Chandra within the semi-final held on Thursday on the Crowne Plaza Bahrain.
The previous world newbie champion confirmed nice willpower, bouncing again after dropping an early body to take the match 4-2. The body scores had been 118-6, 0-84, 25-76, 92-11, 87-62, and 72-41.
Asif began the match on a excessive as he utterly outclassed Chandra 118-6 within the opening body.
Chandra, nevertheless, responded strongly as he gained the following two frames to take the lead, just for Asif to win three consecutive frames to spherical up a thumping victory.
Within the ultimate, Muhammad Asif will face India’s Vijay Nichani or Brijesh Damani, who earlier defeated him within the group stage.
A day earlier, Pakistan’s rising cueist Hasnain Akhtar additionally certified for the ultimate IBSF World U17 Snooker Championship by defeating Poland’s Oliwier Nizialek 4-0.
The in-form cueist, who has so far misplaced just one body in his dominant marketing campaign, took early management of the match by sealing three consecutive frames.
Nizialek, who couldn’t rating in double digits in every of the primary three frames, provided some fightback within the must-win contest, however his efforts had been inadequate to down Hasnain, who secured an ideal 4-0 victory with the body scores of 76-1, 69-8, 88-0 and 62-37.
Hasnain Akhtar will face Wales’ Riley Powell within the ultimate, scheduled to be performed on Friday.
Notably, the 16-year-old booked his spot within the IBSF World U17 Snooker Championship semi-final with a powerful 3-1 victory over Poland’s Krzysztof Czapnik.
