Defending champion Iqbal crashed out of the ongoing ranking event, losing his chance of gaining a world championship berth. PHOTO: FILE EXPRESS
Iqbal was sent packing by world champion Mohammad Asif, who had been looking to avenge his defeat in the final of last year’s championship.
Asif was off to a bright start winning the opening frame, but Iqbal put up a fight in the second. However, Asif hit a break of 101 to seal the victory with game scores of 92-18, 44-73, 69-66, 64-65, 55-47 and 101-01(101).
Player rankings at the end of this event will determine which top two cueists will accompany Asif to the World Championship.
Asif will now face top seed Imran Shehzad, who defeated Abu Saim 4-2, in the quarter-finals, while Muhammad Bilal will be up against Khurram Agha. Earlier, Bilal defeated Mohammad Majid 4-1 withscores of 71-01, 32-76, 61-32, 63-49 and 84-34, while Agha won in straight-sets against Mohammad Javed, 121-0(121), 125-0, 54-16 and 61-52. Amir Tariq also won 4-0 against Naveen Perwani.
Mohammad Sajjad will lock horns with Abdul Sattar and Shahid Aftab will take on Amir Tariq.
Sattar sent Humza Akbar packing as he won 4-0, while Sajjad rallied to a 4-3 victory against Shahid Aftab by game scores of 65-53, 85-22, 41-49, 12-69, 77-0, 21-67 and 63-44.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 24th, 2013.
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