Pakistani cueists, Awais Munir and Asjad Iqbal, advanced to pre-quarter finals of the Snooker World Cup in Mongolia as they finished on top of their group-stage matches without facing a single defeat.
Awais triumphed over Iran's Siyavosh Mozayani with a 3-1 scoreline. After losing the first frame, Awais made a brilliant comeback to win the next three consecutively. The frame scores were 9-63, 78-34, 59-50, and 73-13 in favour of Awais.
On the other hand, Asjad defeated Qatar's Ali Alobaidli to maintain his lead in the group. Asjad's frame scores were 59-36, 26-63, 58-19, and 70-58.
With an undefeated run in the group stage, both finished on top of their group stage to qualify for the pre-quarter finals.
On Saturday, In his first match, Asjad defeated Mongolia's Batarkhuu Naranhuu with a score of 3-0, the frames ending 71-38, 71-51, and 110-32.
In the second match, Asjad also triumphed over Japan’s Junji Miyazawa, again without dropping a frame, with scores of 68-18, 63-11, and 83-01.
Awais won his first match against Mongolia's Kash Uchjir, with frame scores of 60-17, 62-12, and 81-09.
In his second match, Awais defeated Oman's Hussain Al-Wati without losing a frame, with scores of 68-06, 10175-12, and 83-15.
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