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Babar Masih hits trouncing century break of 103 to follow Asif into IBSF World Snooker Championships 2019 knockout round

Babar Masih made his way into the knockout round after registering third straight victory in the IBSF World Snooker Championships in Turkish city of Antalya.

Following the footsteps of senior cueist Mohammad Asif, former Pakistan No 1 Babar Masih made his way into the knockout round after registering third straight victory in the IBSF World Snooker Championships in Turkish city of Antalya. 

Babar sent USA’s Ajeya Prabhakar packing 4-0 with the scores of 135-7, 69-16, 78-36, 64-50. Babar played one of the best games with a trouncing century break of 103 in first frame.

Despite taking lead twice his compatriot Zulfiqar A. Qadir suffered second straight defeat when he went down 3-4 to Thai cueist Thanawat Tirapongpaiboon. The Thai was home 20-77, 39-86, 111-1, 65-15, 36-60, 69-56, 73-60.

Earlier, Zulfiqar had lost to Russian player in same fashion in the fully stretched battle. 

Day 4 Matches
  • Muhammad Asif (PaK) v Daniel Rand (Israel)
  • Mubashir Raza (PaK) v Bolorkhuu Erdene (Mongolia)
  • Zulfuqar A. Qadir (PaK) David Donovan (Wales)

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