Asif, Zulfiqar, Mubashir, Babar coast into the knockout round of IBSF World Snooker Championships 2019
Pakistani cueists Mohammad Asif, Zulfiqar, Mubashir Raza and Babar Masih sailed into the knockout round of the ongoing IBSF World Snooker Championships in Turkish city of Antalya.
Pakistan's top cueists Mohammad Asif, Zulfiqar, Mubashir Raza and Babar Masih coasted to the knockout round of the ongoing IBSF World Snooker Championships in Turkish city of Antalya.
Former world champion Mohammad Asif breezed through group C with an unbeaten record. His compatriot Babar Masih won three of the four matches to advance from group L.
Despite winning two of the four matches, Zulfiqar A. Qadir managed to earn a place in knockout from group A on better frame difference as did Mubashir Raza who returned victorious in two of the three games and propelled from group B on frame difference.
Mubashir suffered 1-4 loss at the hands of Finland’s Heikki Niva who also won two of the three matches. The latter won their clash 74-33, 75-27, 35-66, 95-14, 80-0 the other day.
Zulfiqar, meanwhile, won his last battle against Turkish player Yildrim with the scores of 57-20, 85-3, 70-9, 71-16.
Asif follows the 19-year-old Chinese Pang Junxu as the second seed in the re-draw for knockout stages.
