Mohammad Asif trashes Sharjeel Mahmood in 3rd Ranking Snooker Championship quarters

Quarter-final stage of the Jubilee Insurance Third National Ranking Snooker Championship 2012 featured the reigning National Snooker Champion, Mohammad Asif who has also booked his semi-final spot after beating Sharjeel Mahmood in the quarters.

Asif was able to qualify for the quarter-final stage with the help of outstanding performance in the quarter-final stage where he faced Mahmood and defeated him by an easy score line of 5-2. The playing environment at the arena during their quarter-final encounter was quite tense as both potters were playing cautiously during the match up to get a strong position.

Snooker fans witness a tussling first session of the match because both cuemen were fighting hard to get the lead but the session finished level at 2-2. Mahmood put Asif under a lot of pressure when he cruised into one frame lead at 0-1 winning the opening frame by the score line of 25-67.

Not losing his focus off the game, Asif pulled level by 1-1 after he clinched the second frame victory by the score line of 98-16. The third frame of the match was once again taken by Mahmood with the scores 25-56 and he kept the one frame lead intact at 1-2.

The National Champion bounced back into the game with outstanding play and claimed the fourth frame triumph by the score line of 78-23 to equalise the match scores at 2-2 before the interval.

The champ dominated the second session as he triumphed in three consecutive frames by the frame scores of 105-10, 57-51 and 74-48 to make sure he gets a place in the semi-finals.

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