TEHRAN: Pakistan’s young cueist Ahsan Ramzan continued his dominant show in the U21 Asian Snooker Championship and qualified for the final.
According to the details, Ahsan Ramzan outclassed Iran’s Tirdad Azadipour 4-2 to make his way into the final.
Ahsan started his semi-final clash on a high as he dominated Azadipour in the opening two frames with the scoreline of 76-8 and 102-1 respectively.
Azadipour was quick to react as he notched up a 55-point break to cut Ahsan’s lead to 2-1 only for the latter to restore the advantage straight away in the fourth frame.
The next two frames also followed the same pattern as Azadipour won the fifth frame to stay alive but Ahsan Ramzan won the sixth frame to seal his spot in the final.
Ahsan Ramzan’s qualification in the final guarantees a medal for the 17-year-old cueist.
In the early phase of the tournament, Ahsan contested two group matches against Iran’s Arshia Tehrani and Ali Lalegani and remained unbeaten to book his spot in the knockout stage.
In his first group match, Ahsan Ramzan thumped Tehrani by the score of 3-0 in the Best of Five.
The 17-year-old snooker player started his first match of the competition on a high as he outclassed Tehrani by the scores of 55-21 before putting on an even more dominant show in the second frame, sealing it by 93-15.
The flying start filled Ahsan Ramzan with momentum and he moved within one frame to register his first victory.
He managed to retain the momentum in the third frame as well and blew away Tehrani 3-0.
In his next fixture against Iran’s Lalegani, Ahsan Ramzan got off to a contrasting start as the Iranian cueist scored a 66-point break to seal the first frame.
With Lalegani securing an early 1-0 lead, Ahsan recollected himself and marked an astonishing comeback by sealing the next three frames with great precision and securing his second back-to-back victory in the tournament.
Ahsan Ramzan continued his rich vein of form in the quarter-final as he defeated India’s Digvijay Kadyan 4-3.