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IBSF World Six Reds 6-11 August, Karachi

Postby roy142857

Defending Champ Pankaj Advani (India) had a surprise opening loss in the group stages, 4-2 to Qatar's Bashar Hussain Abdulmajeed.

Asjad Iqbal (Pakistan) was the first player in the tournament to knock in a maximum break of 75, whilst Tatjana Vasiljeva of Latvia knocked in the high break so far of the women's tournament with a 61.

Re: IBSF World Six Reds 6-11 August, Karachi

Postby kolompar

Most players are from that region, very few from outside Asia.
Still a tough field, 2 well known former pros didn't even survive the group stages.
With 3 qualifying to the KO from each group, Mohammed Khairy had a very hard group, with Pankaj Advani, Moh Keen Ho, and a Qatari guy who beat both these two. Khairy's last match was against the Qatari, he could have gone through if he wins 4-0, but only won 4-1.
Ahmed Saif was also unlucky, he already completed his group matches yesterday winning 2 out of 4, had to wait for the others' matches today to see if he qualifies, but those didn't go in his favour.
Down to the last 32, 10 of Pakistan's 14 players still in, others are also all Asian.
There is a chance for a historic clash between the two Muhammad Asifs in the last 16.

Re: IBSF World Six Reds 6-11 August, Karachi

Postby roy142857

Coming out of the group stages, India's Dharminder Lilly and Pakistan's Muhammad Sajjad won the NO 1 and No 2 seedings - but were promptly each beaten in the Last 32 by compatriots (Varun Kumar and Mohammad Bilal respectively.

Last 16
Asjad Iqbal (Pakistan) 5 - 3 Varun Kumar (India)
Soheil Vehedi (Iran) 0 - 5 Manan Chandra (India) 5 -0

Babar Masih (Pakistan) 1 - 5 Pankaj Advani (India)
Raymond Fung Kwok Wai (Hong King) 2 - 5 Mohammad Rais Senzahi (Afghanistan)

Shahram Changezi (Pakistan) 5 - 3 Shahid Aftab (Pakistan)
Mohamed Shehab (UAE) 3 - 5 Muhammad Asif (Pakistan)

Yán Bĭngtāo (China) 5 - 2 Lim Kok Leong (Malaysia)
Mohammad Bilal (Pakistan) 5 - 0 Habib Subah (Bahrain)

Quarter finals
Asjad Iqbal (Pakistan) 5 - 1 ]Manan Chandra (India)
Pankaj Advani (India) 5 - 2 Mohammad Rais Senzahi (Afghanistan)
Shahram Changezi (Pakistan) 3 - 5 Muhammad Asif (Pakistan)
Yán Bĭngtāo (China) 5 - 3 Mohammad Bilal (Pakistan)

Don't know if it's the case this years, but last year the four semi-finalists got invites to the Sangsom Six Reds ...

Re: IBSF World Six Reds 6-11 August, Karachi

Postby roy142857

Women's Quarter finals

Amee Kamani (India) 4 - 1 Floriza Andal (Philippines)
Ng On Yee (Hong Kong) 4 - 0 Arantxa Sanchis (India)
Denise Santos (Philippines) 4 - 0 Chitra Magimairajan (India)
Vidya Pillai (India) 4 - 3 Tatjana Vasiljeva (Latvia)

Re: IBSF World Six Reds 6-11 August, Karachi

Postby hamxa

So its Pankaj Advani (India) vs Yan Bingtao (China) in the final.
Both the semis were very close as both ended in the decider frame.
Asjad Iqbal (Pakistan) missed an easy pot in the last stages of the decider frame in his semi final against Pankaj Advani, while in the other semi final Muhammad Asif (Pakistan) was leading 4-1 and missed easy pink balls in both the 6th and 7th frames, something he could not recover from and after that moment he missed every single pot attempt to loose the semi final.

Scores:

Pankaj Advani 5-4 Asjad Iqbal
Yan Bingtao 5-4 Muhammad Asif

Re: IBSF World Six Reds 6-11 August, Karachi

Postby roy142857

As well as two maximums (of 75) quite a good number of 70+ breaks in the Mens

Muhammad Asif 75, 73, 71, 71
Asjad Iqbal 75
Faisal Khan 73
Muhammad Asif Toba 73
Pankaj Advani 72, 71
Andy Lee Chun Wai 72, 71
Varun Kumar 72, 70
Shahram Changezi 72
Muhammad Sajjad 72
Saleh Mohammadi 71, 70
Mohamed Shehab 71, 70
Shahid Aftab 71
Babar Masih 71
Mohsen Bukshaisha 71
Varun Madan 70

Top breaks in the Womens:

Ng On Yee 68, 55, 46, 38, 37, 37, 36, 34
Tatjana Vasiljeva 61
Ka Kai Wan 49
Amee Kamani 40, 34
Denise Santos 39
Chitra M 37, 30
Floriza Andal 33
Vidya Pillai 33

Re: IBSF World Six Reds 6-11 August, Karachi

Postby kolompar

Bit sorry for the Pakistanis they couldn't get into the final after being so close.
And what about the team event?
Started similarly, as Saif and Khairy are both out after the group stages <laugh> Saif had a tough group, but the one Egypt was in looked like the weakest.
6 of Pakistan's teams got through, 2 more could have if they had beaten their Bahraini opponents in their last matches, both lost 3-2.
Amazingly all the Pakistani teams were drawn against each other in the last 16, where Pakistan 1 (Asif, Sajjad) surprisingly lost to Pakistan 3 (Iqbal, Aftab). They now play India's first team with Advani, so I think the hosts' title hopes are gone. Pakistan 2 (Masih, Changezi) could reach the final from the other half of the draw but they would have to beat Malaysia or Iran in the semis.
Their other IBSF world champ Muhammad Yousuf is in the semis of the masters though, at the age of 63.


And Hamxa, are you there at the venue watching?

Re: IBSF World Six Reds 6-11 August, Karachi

Postby hamxa

No i live in a different city but ive watched all the matches on T.V. They are being telecasted here.
As for the matches both the pakistanis really came under pressure in the latter stages, would win 99 times out of 100 from that situation but i guess this was that other 1.

In the Team event both the semis turned out to be pretty one sided unexpectedly :

Malaysia 4-1 Pakistan (2)
Pakistan (3) 4-0 Hk (1)

As for the masters it will be Afghanistan vs Pakistan in the final.
Pretty amazing stuff from Mohammad Yousuf to still be doing well on the world level at the age of 63 honestly.

Re: IBSF World Six Reds 6-11 August, Karachi

Postby kolompar

Nice that you have it on TV. Do you usually have snooker on TV?
And good to see that Pakistani teams made it to the finals. Hope at least one of them can cause another upset. <ok>

Re: IBSF World Six Reds 6-11 August, Karachi

Postby hamxa

The events that we host are shown on tv. Yes i hope that too.
The masters event has been won by afghanistan as they beat pakistan 5-2, while the mens event is about to start any moment

Re: IBSF World Six Reds 6-11 August, Karachi

Postby hamxa

Malaysia has won the final 5-4 against Pakistan (3).
It was a sad end to an amazing match as in the final frame pakistan had compiled a break and just needed the brown ball in the final stages to win which Asjad Iqbal potted and started to celebrate along with the crowd only to realize that the cue ball was going towards the pocket, it stopped near the pocket to his relief only to fall in a second later. Poor guy cried as it was his dream to be a world champion one day! :(