Asif had to work hard to get past Sohail Shehzad while Iqbal thrashed Sharam Changezi in their 11-frame clash without dropping a set.
Initially, Asif was in a comfortable position against Shehzad with 5-2 but his opponent made a spirited comeback to make it 5-4. Asif rallied and sealed his victory with frame scores of 79-34, 52-65, 91-44, 34-84, 65-38, 70-50, 51-72, 70-76, 64-09 and 58-29.
He praised Shehzad for his outstanding performance in the event.
“Shehzad played unexpectedly well,” Asif told The Express Tribune. “He deserves the highest praise for his efforts. He reached here [at the semi-final] after beating some of the best players. But despite dropping a few games, I was confident of winning. Now the aim is to win the title.”
Meanwhile, number two Iqbal kept Changezi at bay with impressive scores of 72-35, 93-44, 79-09, 69-52, 68-50 and 54-23.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 6th, 2012.
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