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In the final of the International Billiards and Snooker Federation World Snooker Championship, Pakistan young quest Ahsan Ramzan Irani defe...

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In the final of the International Billiards and Snooker Federation World Snooker Championship, Pakistan young quest Ahsan Ramzan Irani defeated Amir Sarkosh 6-5 to become the youngest world snooker champion.

 

Ahsan Ramzan established his lead by winning 2 frames as soon as the competition started. Photo: IBSF

the youngest winner at the age of 14 is China's Yan Bangtao, who defeated Pakistan Muhammad Sajjad in the title race in Bangalore in 2014 and is now followed by Ahsan Ramadan. Became the second youngest quest to win a world title.

Ahsan Ramzan also became the third Pakistani to win the World Snooker Championship since its inception in 1963. Earlier, Muhammad Yousuf of Pakistan had won the title at the 1994 event in Johannesburg. Muhammad Asif has the unique honor of being the only Pakistani to win the title twice (in 2012 and 2019).

 

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Muhammad Asif was also defending his world title in the event this year but in the semi-finals he lost to Ahsan Ramzan by 5 frames to 4.

Ahsan Ramzan from Lahore got off to a great start and defeated the more experienced player Amir Sarkosh by 6 frames to 5.

The final of the championship lasted for 5 and a half hours in which Ahsan Ramsan took the lead by winning the first frame and then winning the last 2 frames.

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Ahsan Ramzan established his lead by winning 2 frames as soon as the competition started but after that Amir Sarkosh won 4 frames and got the lead.

However, Ahsan Ramzan showed great skill and by retaliating, he not only equalized the lead of Amir Sarkosh but also strengthened his lead and achieved victory.

They won the match 63-60, 91-0, 19-65, 1-102, 28-68, 27-66, 86-18, 1-70, 69-0, 63-17, 67-25. Entered the game history.

This is Ahsan Ramzan second victory against the two-time world champion, having earlier won the quarterfinals of the 46th National Snooker Championship in Karachi six months ago.

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Pakistan ended the event with one gold and two bronze medals when Amir Sarkosh defeated Muhammad Sajjad in the second semi-final.

Mohammad Sajjad had a disappointing start, he was trailing 1-4 in the Best of Nine match but he came back in the game and tied the score at 4-4, however Amir Sarkosh scored a brilliant break of 64 in the decisive frame and the final I arrived

Amir Sarkosh won the match 64-32, 59-47, 77-25, 18-62, 103-14, 30-59, 9-75, 24-58, 66-1.

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He played a century break of 102 in the fifth frame while Muhammad Sajjad responded with 62 breaks in the seventh frame.

Ali Asghar Walika, former president of Pakistan Billiards and Snooker Federation (PBSF), welcomed Ahsan Ramadan's victory in the global event.

"It's like a dream come true," he said.

The Asian 6-Reds and team event will start on Saturday.