KARACHI - Pakistan’s Muhammad Bilal and Babar Masih bagged silver and bronze medals respectively in Doha at the Asian 6-Red Snooker Championship as the contingent ended the event on late Tuesday with four medals.
Earlier, the current national ranking champion Babar had won the Asian Team Championship with former IBSF World Champion Muhammad Asif, while Bilal got bronze with Majid Ali before the individual 6-red event began.
Bilal lost to Thailand’s Tanawat Tirapongpaiboon 7-3 in the final, while the Thai had earlier outplayed Babar 6-1 in the semi-final. Bilal had reached the final after outplaying Hong Kong’s Cheung Ka Wai 6-4 in his semi-final.
Pakistan were unlucky at the draw as well since Bilal faced his compatriot Asif in the round-of-16 and won 6-5 on his way to the final.
For now, Pakistan’s three players will be competing in the inaugural Asian Confederation of Billiards and Snooker Asian Tour. Bilal and Pakistan’s Haris were already booked for the event, but Babar carved his place by reaching the Asian 6-Red Championship semi-final.