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Friday, November 07, 2008
By Syed Khalid Mahmood
KARACHI: Pakistan’s last hope Khurram Hussain Agha crashed in the pre-quarter-finals of the IBSF World Snooker Championship 2008 being played at Wels, Austria.
Yu Delu of China proved simply too good for him in what turned out to be a one-sided affair as he won the best of nine encounter 5-1 with frame scores of 67-45, 75-42, 1-100, 69-23, 90-23, 69-45.
Pakistan’s hopes of regaining the world title were resting on the shoulders of Khurram after the exit of the country’s premier cueist, Saleh Mohammad, in the round of last 32.
Khurram, who had staged a magnificent comeback in his earlier game in which he trailed 1-4 against Au Chi Wai of Hong Kong was unable to do it while facing Yu Delu who was in no mood to give it away.
Khurram did bounce back to clinch the third frame after having lost the first two but he could not do much to prevent the rampaging Chinese from pocketing one frame after another.
Khurram’s defeat in the pre-quarters meant Pakistan would return empty-handed once more. Mohammad Yousuf remains the country’s only cueist to have won the world amateur title, having done it in 1994.
Saleh has come very close to accomplishing the mission on a couple of occasions but the world crown has somehow eluded him so far despite his big reputation in international circles.
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