Second seed Muhammad Asif beats Russian Ivan 4-3 to stay in IBSF World Snooker Championships 2019
Mohammad Asif is the last man standing for Pakistan in the last-32 round of IBSF World Snooker Championships 2019 in Turkish city of Antalya.
37-years-old Mohammad Asif is the only hope left for Pakistan in the last-32 round of IBSF World Snooker Championships 2019 in Turkish city of Antalya.
Former world champion Mohammad Asif, who was seeded second in the redraw, was up against Russian Ivan Kakovskii in his knockout fixture where both played a quality match but the man with green flag managed to win the duel 4-3.
The scores were 87-37, 71-42, 35-64, 32-66, 13-112(112), 85-22,101(51)-0.
Now, Asif is drawn against Shachar Ruberg of Israel in the last 32-round.
Asif is the last man standing from Pakistan after a miserable performance by the other three Pakistani cueists Babar Masih, Zulfiqar A. Qadir and Mubashir Raza who made surprising exits in the last-64 knockout round.
Kavin Hanssens of Belgium thrashed Babar Masih 4-2 (66-34, 80-24, 87-11, 2-75, 59-65, 72-29) while Cheung Ka Wai of Hong Kong whipped Zulfiqar A. Qadir by an identical margin of 4-2 (25-79, 5-74, 92-46, 50-17, 69-5, 63-60).
Philippines’ Michael Mengorio sent Mubashir Raza packing 4-1 with the final score line of 84-34, 57-23, 59-63, 83-28, 105-0.
