Muhammad Asif books final spot beating Muhammad Majid in 2012 NBP Ranking Snooker semi-final

Reigning National Snooker Champion Mohammad Asif put up an excellent snooker display at the Defence Housing Authority (DHA) Creek Club Billiards Hall and was able to defeat Muhammad Majid by the score line of 6-4 in the semi-final clash of the 2012 National Bank Pakistan (NBP) Ranking Snooker Championship.

The National Champion was not expecting such a great performance from the young Majid and at one point he tumbled down against him. The match was tremendous from the very beginning of the first frame as the champ cruised into the first frame victory with a classy score line of 113-8 to move with one frame lead at 1-0.

The second frame of the match was a tussling battle but Asif was able to win the frame by 55-47 to extend his lead to 2-0. Majid hit a tremendous break to win the third frame by the score line of 40-80 followed by another frame win by 60-62 to pull level at 2-2.

The National Champion produced a classy snooker display in the fifth frame to win it by 91-20 and move one frame up in the standings. Nevertheless, the sixth frame was totally dominated by the youngster as he did not let the veteran come to the table and won the game by the score line of 0-95 to level it again at 3-3.

Asif was able to win next frame by 81-39 followed by another impressive frame win by the score line of 70-61. Majid’s frame win by 67-79 was not enough for him to win the match as Asif breezed into a superb frame win by 69-56 to claim the semi-final game.

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