Snooker World Cup: Pakistani cueists qualify for pre-quarter finals

Awais Munir, Asjad Iqbal remain undefeated to advance to Round of 16 of international tournament

By Faizan Lakhani
September 15, 2024
Pakistani cueists Awais Munir (left) and Asjad Iqbal in these undated photos. — Reporter/Facebook/Asjad Iqbal

Pakistani cueists, Awais Munir and Asjad Iqbal, advanced to pre-quarter finals of the Snooker World Cup in Mongolia as they finished on top of their group-stage matches without facing a single defeat.

Awais triumphed over Iran's Siyavosh Mozayani with a 3-1 scoreline. After losing the first frame, Awais made a brilliant comeback to win the next three consecutively. The frame scores were 9-63, 78-34, 59-50, and 73-13 in favour of Awais.

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On the other hand, Asjad defeated Qatar's Ali Alobaidli to maintain his lead in the group. Asjad's frame scores were 59-36, 26-63, 58-19, and 70-58.

With an undefeated run in the group stage, both finished on top of their group stage to qualify for the pre-quarter finals.

On Saturday, In his first match, Asjad defeated Mongolia's Batarkhuu Naranhuu with a score of 3-0, the frames ending 71-38, 71-51, and 110-32.

In the second match, Asjad also triumphed over Japan’s Junji Miyazawa, again without dropping a frame, with scores of 68-18, 63-11, and 83-01.

Awais won his first match against Mongolia's Kash Uchjir, with frame scores of 60-17, 62-12, and 81-09.

In his second match, Awais defeated Oman's Hussain Al-Wati without losing a frame, with scores of 68-06, 10175-12, and 83-15.

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