Awais, Asif advance to Asian Team Snooker Championship knockouts

Pakistani cueists, Awais Munir and Muhammad Asif, commenced their journey at the Asian Team Snooker Championship with victories against Cambodia and Qatar in their group-stage matches on the opening day.

In their first match, Pakistan 1, comprising Awais and Asif, dominated Cambodia with a clean 3-0 victory.

The frame scores were 82-30, 59-16, and 78-0. They followed up with another impressive performance, defeating Qatar 3-1.

After Munir lost the opening singles frame, Pakistan 1 staged a strong comeback, sealing the win with frame scores of 47-81, 82-23, 63-30, and 62-16.

Meanwhile, Pakistan 2, represented by Shahid Aftab and Muhammad Sajjad, had a mixed day, winning one match and losing the other.

They staged a thrilling comeback against Bahrain, recovering from an early 0-2 deficit to win 3-2. The frame scores were 41-87, 46-48, 73-41, 80-35, and 60-17.

However, they later fell 1-3 to China, with the frame scores reading 16-78, 58-21, 48-66, and 20-83.

Both teams will play their last group matches on Friday before the tournament enters the knock-out stage.

Despite sealing their berth in the knockout stage, Pakistan 1 will take on Sri Lanka 1 in their last group match while Pakistan 2 will play their last group-stage match against Sri Lanka 2 tomorrow.