Pakistan confirms two medals in 35th Asian Men Snooker Championship 2019
Pakistan players Asjad Iqbal and Babar Masih have now entered in the medals round of Asian Snooker 2019 and assured two medals for their country Pakistan.
Pakistan's promising cueists Asjad Iqbal and Babar Masih have now entered in the medals round of 35th Asian Men Snooker Championship 2019 and assured two medals for Pakistan.
Losing finalist of this year’s national championship Asjad Iqbal reached in the semi-finals defeating Iranian player Siyavosh Mozayani 5-1. A native of Sargodha Asjad did not allow Siyavosh to settle down at any stage.
He made breaks in all five frames he won and took away the complete match one-sided by convincing 5-1 frames victory with the final score line of (72(54)-41, 0-61, 94(66)-36, 66(59)-65, 65(61)-9, 79(78)-0).
Asjad will now meet Pankaj Advani of India, who beat his compatriot Aditya Mehta by 5-4, in the semifinal clash.
In other quarter final, the Rawalpindi-based Babar Masih who earned the distinction of becoming the top ranked cueist of the country, displacing knocked out his compatriot Muhammad Bilal 5-2.
During the match, Babar made four breaks with a highest break of 98 points in sixth. Bilal could only manage 50 points break in third frame. Babar won the encounter with the final score line of (28-65, 99(61)-21, 19-80(50),100(70)-1, 71(50)-25, 98(98)-28, 70-30).
Babar will now take on Thailand player Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon, who defeated Chinese player Gao Yang 5-1.
