Pakistan’s veteran snooker player Muhammad Asif advanced to the final of the IBSF World Masters Snooker Championship with an impressive 4-2 win over India’s Manan Chandra in the semi-final held on Thursday at the Crowne Plaza Bahrain.
The former world amateur champion showed great determination, bouncing back after losing an early frame to take the match 4-2. The frame scores were 118-6, 0-84, 25-76, 92-11, 87-62, and 72-41.
Asif started the match on a high as he completely outclassed Chandra 118-6 in the opening frame.
Chandra, however, responded strongly as he won the next two frames to take the lead, only for Asif to win three consecutive frames to round up a thumping victory.
In the final, Muhammad Asif will face India’s Vijay Nichani or Brijesh Damani, who earlier defeated him in the group stage.
A day earlier, Pakistan’s emerging cueist Hasnain Akhtar also qualified for the final IBSF World U17 Snooker Championship by defeating Poland’s Oliwier Nizialek 4-0.
The in-form cueist, who has thus far lost only one frame in his dominant campaign, took early control of the match by sealing three consecutive frames.
