IBSF World Championship: Bilal crashes out after hard-fought battle
Welshman Andrew Pagett overcomes national champion
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KARACHI:
The sole surviving Pakistani at the IBSF World Snooker Championship exited the tournament as national champion Mohammad Bilal lost his quarter-final tie 6-5 at the hands of Welshman Andrew Pagett in Doha, yesterday.
Debutant Bilal, who had defeated Swiss Alexander Ursenbacher 5-3 in the round of 16 late on Sunday night, gave Pagett a run for his money before finally surrendering in the final frame of a fully-stretched best-of-eleven-frame quarter-final.
After losing the first frame 73-01, Bilal smashed a break of 106 points to win the second frame 107-0 and took a 3-1 lead by winning the next two frames 63-53 and 64-59.
The Weshman bounced back and secured the next three frames 56-19, 72-39 and 68-19 to regain the lead before Bilal levelled the roller-coaster battle 4-4 with a close 44-43 win in the eighth frame.
Pagett won the ninth frame 74-23 before Bilal dragged the battle down to the wire with a 33-59 win in the penultimate frame.
In the decisive frame, Pagett triumphed 75-37 to cruise into the semi-final.
“It was unfortunate for Bilal to lose the final frame,” Naveed Kapadia, the Pakistan Billiards and Snooker Association official, told The Express Tribune.
He added, “Bilal was making his debut in the event and his overall performance remained outstanding.”
Meanwhile, Imran Shehzad and Naveen Perwani — Pakistan’s remaining entrants in the Masters’ event — crashed out following defeats in the round of 16.
Shehzad suffered a 4-1 loss to India’s Rupesh Shah, while Perwani lost to Thai cueist Phisit Chandsri 4-2.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 29th, 2016.
The sole surviving Pakistani at the IBSF World Snooker Championship exited the tournament as national champion Mohammad Bilal lost his quarter-final tie 6-5 at the hands of Welshman Andrew Pagett in Doha, yesterday.
Debutant Bilal, who had defeated Swiss Alexander Ursenbacher 5-3 in the round of 16 late on Sunday night, gave Pagett a run for his money before finally surrendering in the final frame of a fully-stretched best-of-eleven-frame quarter-final.
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After losing the first frame 73-01, Bilal smashed a break of 106 points to win the second frame 107-0 and took a 3-1 lead by winning the next two frames 63-53 and 64-59.
The Weshman bounced back and secured the next three frames 56-19, 72-39 and 68-19 to regain the lead before Bilal levelled the roller-coaster battle 4-4 with a close 44-43 win in the eighth frame.
Pagett won the ninth frame 74-23 before Bilal dragged the battle down to the wire with a 33-59 win in the penultimate frame.
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In the decisive frame, Pagett triumphed 75-37 to cruise into the semi-final.
“It was unfortunate for Bilal to lose the final frame,” Naveed Kapadia, the Pakistan Billiards and Snooker Association official, told The Express Tribune.
He added, “Bilal was making his debut in the event and his overall performance remained outstanding.”
Meanwhile, Imran Shehzad and Naveen Perwani — Pakistan’s remaining entrants in the Masters’ event — crashed out following defeats in the round of 16.
Shehzad suffered a 4-1 loss to India’s Rupesh Shah, while Perwani lost to Thai cueist Phisit Chandsri 4-2.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 29th, 2016.