Pakistan kick India to enter Asian final
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KARACHI: Pakistan degraded India 3-2 during a initial Asian Confederation for Billiards Sports Championship group eventuality semi-final on Friday in Al Fujairah, United Arab Emirates.
Pakistan fielded a country’s tip 3 cueists — Muhammad Bilal, Babar Masih and former IBSF World Champion Muhammad Asif — in a event.
In a initial support of a semi-final, Asif conceded to Sundeep Gulati 61-44, while Masih also mislaid a second support to Ishpreet Singh Chadha 59-46. However, Pakistan bounced behind into a diversion in a third frame, with Asif and Masih strenuous their opponents 66-53.
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The twin followed it adult with another feat to turn a compare 2-2, as Masih outplayed Gulati 79-36. The winning blow was struck by Asif, who hermetic a feat for Pakistan with a measure of 72-39 opposite Chadha.
Pakistan will now face Iran in a final.
Earlier, a group degraded Hong Kong 3-1 in a quarter-final and Jordan 3-1 in a last-16 match.
Meanwhile, Asif and Pakistan’s top-ranked cueist Bilal crashed out of a tournament’s Chinese pool event.
Bilal advances to last-eight, Masih crashes
Asif, who had degraded Mongolia’s Enkhjargal Enkhbaatar 7-6 in a turn of 32, mislaid to Qatar’s Bashar Abdul Majeed 7-0 in a last-16.
On a other hand, Bilal mislaid his quarter-final 7-5 to Saudi Arabia’s Abdul Rahman Alammar.
Bilal had reached a last-eight after outplaying Mongolia’s Shinebayar Bold 7-4 in a initial compare of a Chinese pool competition.
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