1st ACBS Asian Tour 10 Red Snooker Championship 2018: Day 2
QATAR: The 1st edition of Asian Ranking Tour 10 Red Snooker Championship 2018 commenced and will be held in Doha, Qatar from 26th till 29th September 2018.
Being played under new format, the first edition of this championship is taking place in Doha, Qatar. The participating players are in total 24, which have been invite based on the criteria appended below:
- 2 players from each host countries + two extra when event is held in host country.
- 2 players from Europe, 1 Africa and 1 Oceania.
- 6 from Asia.
The players have been divided into 8 groups for matches to be played on round-robin basis. After the 1st session the first 2 players from each group have been qualified for the single elimination round of Last-16.
Asian Team Snooker Championship 2018: Latest Update Day 3
On Day 2 – today, after completion of group stage Brendan O’ Donoghue, was the most outstanding player with no frame loss and booked top-seed slot for him. He defeated both his opponents 4-0, in group matches which included: Mohamed Ibrahim of Egypt and Ali Alobaidli of Qatar .
The other 3 players for top-4 seeds are:
- As 2nd seed – Thanawat Thirapongpaeboon of Thailand
- As 3rd seed – Amir Sarkhosh of Iran
- As 4th seed – Pankaj Advani from India
Day 2nd Round Matches Results – Red Snooker Championship 2018
- Andrew Pagett (Wales) bt Babar Masih (PaK) 4-3
(0-99(99), 16-63, 53-46, 54-08, 09-39, 42-41, 62-08) - Saleeh Muhammadi (Afghanistan) bt Haris Tahir (PaK) 4-3
(15-78, 62-23, 52-01, 56-34, 26-50, 01-52, 54-19) - Muhammad Bilal (PaK) bt Varun Madan (India) 4-2
(79-17, 54-15, 14-67, 75-18, 05-56(44), 57-01)
Pre Quarter Best of 9 Frames
- Wu Yize (China) bt Babar Masih (Pak) 5-3
(60-0(40), 37-48(48), 90-0(75), 53-23, 44-49, 63-05, 01-57, 51-20) - Pankaj Advani (India) bt Haris Tahir (Pak) 5-2
(55-31, 42-44(44), 48-47, 0-73(51), 67-0(67), 48-01, 49-25) - Muhammad Bilal (Pak) bt Amir Sarkosh (Iran) 5-0
(52-13, 57-01(57), 67-08(56), 71-17, 39-29)
Day 1st Match Remaining matches Result
- Haris Tahir (PaK) bt Kamal Chawla (India) 4-3
(66-0(66), 06-49, 88-12(57), 16-55, 51-10, 28-51, 60-28(56),) - Babar Masih (PaK) bt Aung Phyo (Myanmar) 4-0
(49-26, 47-43, 54-34, 61-22)
Schedule for 28th September – Red Snooker Championship 2018
- 5:00 pm Quarter Finals Best of 9 Frames
Muhammad Bilal (PaK) v Pongsakorn Chongjairak (Thailand)
Schedule for 29th September
- 12:00 pm Semi finals Best of 9 Frames
- 5:00 Pm Final Best of 11 Frames
Total Prize fund of each leg of Asian Ranking Tour 10 Red Snooker Championship is USD $40,000. Prize money break-up is as follows:
- Winner: USD $ 12,000
- Runner-Up: USD $ 6,000
- Semi Finalist: USD $ 3,000 (each)
- Quarter Finalist: USD $ 1500 (each)
- Pre-Quarter Finalist: USD $ 750 (each)
- Last 24: USD $ 500 (each)
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