Snooker: Asif halts Sajjad’s run to enter final

2nd seed faces Sultan in National Snooker Championship decider.


Our Correspondent February 08, 2012

KARACHI:


Former champion Mohammad Asif stormed into the final of the National Snooker Championship after outclassing fifth-seed Mohammad Sajjad 6-3 in the semi-final.


Asif will take on unseeded Sultan Mohammad who stunned Naveen Perwani 6-4 in the first semi-final.

Sajjad, the former Asia number two, went behind early as Asif won the opening frame 76-1. Sajjad responded strongly, taking the second frame 86-1 before winning the third frame 79-26 for a 2-1 lead. The sea-saw battle continued as Asif sealed progress with a 72-36, 108-25, 64-6, 29-89, 77-16 and 91-61 score-line.

Meanwhile, Sultan defeated Perwani 67-51, 17-59, 57-54, 17-63, 88-24, 94-0, 22-54, 9-70, 57-36 and 66-46.

Published in The Express Tribune, February 9th, 2012.

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