Pakistanis continue to shine in Asian U21 Snooker

Pakistan’s excellent run in the 13th Asian Under-21 Snooker Championship 2012 continued as both Mohammad Hunain Aamir and Mohammad Majid Ali reached the knockout stage of the competition with their second successive victories in league matches of the continental event being staged in Goa, India.

The reigning national junior champion Hunain Aamir from Sialkot smashed Marcus Lim Wei Jie of Singapore in straight frames with the scores of 87-17, 62-6, 84-16, 75-37 to reach the pre-quarter-finals.

Earlier, he had edged out Lalit Dahiya of India after an absorbing seven-frame battle in his opening game. His third and final league fixture in the Group A will be against Hossein Vafaei Ayouri, the current world champion from Iran.

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7-Nation Snooker: Thepchaiya to with clash Ayouri for title today

Thepchaiya Un-Nooh of Thailand will clash with Hossein Vafaei Ayouri of Iran in the final of the Jubilee Insurance 7-Nation International Snooker Championship here on Friday (today). The finalists shattered the dreams of Pakistan’s Muhammad Asif and Muhammad Sajjad in the semifinals on Thursday evening. 

Asif got the distinction of chalking out tournament's highest break of 136 but still lost his semifinal against Un-Nooh 6-2. Un-Nooh compiled a fine break of 59 in the eighth frame to complete 85-43, 55-44, 79-42, 89-13, 73-53, 37-86, 0-136, 63-36 victory. 

Ayouri entered the final after overcoming fighting Sajjad 6-5 in a marathon contest. The score-line was 5-90, 61-14, 00-80, 81-00, 5-70, 9-108, 78-54, 7-69, 88-17,69-56, 76-15.

Source: Daily Times