DOHA: Pakistan’s Mohammad Asif, who defended his title in the IBSF World Snooker Championship, was knocked out of the competition after losing in the quarterfinals.
The journey of all Pakistani players came to an end on the fifth day of the ongoing IBS World Snooker Championship in Doha, Qatar.
Three-time world champion Mohammad Asif, who was trying to defend his title, lost 3-4 frames to Poland’s Michael Szubrczy in the quarterfinals after a tough match.
Mohammad Asif defeated the highly experienced player Amir Sarkosh of Iran in the pre-quarterfinals.
Pakistan’s Asjad Iqbal also faced failure in the quarterfinals. He was defeated by England’s Harvey Chandler by 1-4 frames.
Asjad Iqbal defeated Hong Kong’s Chow Hon-man 1-4 in the pre-quarterfinals.
Pakistan’s world under-17 champions Mohammad Hasnain Akhtar and Shahid Iqbal had already been knocked out of the championship.
It should be noted that India’s leading player and former world champion Pingu Advani was also defeated in the first round.
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