Pakistan’s cueist Mohammad Asif in motion throughout the World Video games in Chengdu, China, on August 12, 2025. — Reporter
CHENGDU: Pakistan’s Muhammad Asif cruised into the semi-finals of the World Video games snooker occasion on Tuesday, defeating Britain’s Zac Cosker 2–0 of their quarter-final conflict.
Asif took the opening body 79–15 with an excellent break of 51, earlier than wrapping up the match in model with an 89–31 victory within the second body.
A win within the semi-final will assure him a podium end, whereas a loss will nonetheless give him an opportunity to compete for the bronze medal.
It’s pertinent to say that Pakistan has gained just one medal within the competitors’s historical past. That sole medal was gained in snooker by Shokat Ali, who secured the bronze on the 2001 World Video games.
Asif gained his second match by defeating Germany’s Alexander Vadau in an exhilarating 2-1 contest on the World Video games in Chengdu, China, on Monday and confirmed his berth within the quarterfinal.
After dropping the opening body 29-43, Asif confirmed nice resilience by mounting a robust comeback.
Within the second body, he delivered an excellent break of 109 factors, dominating the body 116-9 to stage the match. The deciding third body noticed Asif preserve his momentum, securing the win with a 67-32 scoreline.
Asif’s constant efficiency noticed him end on the high of Group B, already making certain his place within the quarterfinals of the event. The World Video games snooker quarterfinal matches are scheduled to be performed on Tuesday.
The Pakistani cueist Asif started his World Video games snooker marketing campaign in model, securing a cushty victory over China’s Xiaolong Liang in his opening group match on Sunday.
His dominated proceedings, successful the best-of-three encounter 2-0. He claimed the primary body 79-50 earlier than sealing the match with a commanding 77-24 rating within the second body.
Asif will face Germany’s Alexander in his second group match on Monday.
Within the males’s snooker competitors on the World Video games, 12 gamers are divided into 4 teams, with the highest two from every group advancing to the quarterfinals.
The World Video games 2025 kicked off in Chengdu, China, on Friday, that includes over 4000 athletes from greater than 100 nations, competing in 34 disciplines, together with Snooker.
The cue sport, first inducted into the Video games in 2001, will see 12 gamers vying for the gold medal this 12 months.
In the meantime, former IBSF World champion Asif has been drafted into Group B, alongside China’s Xiaolong and Germany’s Alexander Widau.
The Pakistani participant earned the World Video games 2025 qualification by clinching the IBSF World Males’s Snooker Championship final 12 months in Doha.
Asif, who entered the championship as a qualifier after getting a wild card nomination to the occasion by way of the Pakistan Billiards and Snooker Federation (PBSA), made the many of the alternative together with his stellar performances in each the primary and knockout phases.
He got here up in opposition to Iran’s Ali Gharahgozlou within the last and needed to make laborious yards to clinch a slim 4-3 victory.
Notably, Asif has been in stellar type these days, having gained the IBSF World Masters Snooker Championship title in Bahrain final month.
The seasoned cueist edged previous India’s Brijesh Damani 4-3 within the summit conflict to clinch his sixth world title because the 36-year-old has gained two staff and three particular person titles throughout his glittering profession.
