IBSF 6Red World Snooker Championship 2019: Day 1 Upsets – Ex Champion Pak’s Asif & Indian Vidya Defeated
MYANMAR: On Day 1,IBSF 6 Red World Snooker Championship 2019, commenced with two major upsets.
Jan Eisenstein of Germany defeated Pakistan’s Muhammad Asif, who is a name in the world of Snooker, having been the Ex – World Snooker Champion and many a times World Team Champion.
The second shocking defeat was of the Indian star player Vidya Pillai, at the hands of So Man Yan from Hong Kong.
Muhammad Asif from start struggled and could not position himself well to be in control. Thereby, the first three frames Asif lost with the scores: 36-09, 31-01 and 34-06. He showed his class in the fourth frame and made a strong recovery in fourth frame, but in the final fifth frame although a close fight but Asif lost by 9 points (30-39) and the match with score of 1-4 went in favour of the German.
In comparison to Muhammad Asif, Vidya was in command at the start with a 51 points quality clearance break and winning the first frame but the next 3 frames lost the game grip and ultimately the match 1-3.
Other selective match brief is as follows: Hong Kong’s Chau Hon Man with 66 points scored the highest break of the competition till now. It was scored in the last frame of the match which Chau won 4-1 against Nepal’s Ankit Man Shrestha. Waratthanun Sukritthanes another World champion from Thailand defeated the national champion of India Varshaa Sanjeev 3-1. Former World champion Ng On Yee also from Hong Kong, defeated Indian girl Keerthana Pandian in straight set of frames 3-0.Qatar player Ali Alobaidli narrowly manged to win 4-3 against Myanmar player Ye Zaw Htut.
The complete results of the 40 matches played on Day 1 are as follows:
No Country Player A Player B Country
1
Pakistan
Muhammad Asif
1 vs 4
Jan Eisenstein
Germany
2
Myanmar
Ye Zaw Htut
3 vs 4
Ali Alobaidli
Qatar
3
India
Pankaj Advani
4 vs 0
Rajan Lama
Nepal
4
Myanmar
Nay Lin Htun
1 vs 4
Chang Yu Kiu
Hong Kong
5
Myanmar
Ko Htet
4 vs 0
Mohd Rofi Mohd Ali
Malaysia
6
Myanmar
Aung Myo Thein
1 vs 4
Chan Ka Kin
Hong Kong
7
Myanmar
Ann Ko
0 vs 4
Ahmed Abdelqader
United Arab Emirates
8
Myanmar
Hla Htun
4 vs 1
Punait Saqer
Bahrain
9
India
Anuj Uppal
4 vs 3
Lin Tang Ho
Hong Kong
10
Myanmar
Aung Maung
4 vs 2
Lee Daegyu
South Korea
11
Hong Kong
Chau Hon Man
4 vs 1
Ankit Man Shrestha
Nepal
12
Myanmar
Zaw Htun
0 vs 4
Laxman Rawat
India
13
Thailand
Waratthanun Sukritthanes
3 vs 1
Varsha Sanjeev
India
14
India
Arantxa Sanchis
3 vs 1
Yee Ting Cheung
Hong Kong
IBSF 6Red World Snooker Championship 2019: Day 1 – Group Position
15
Qatar
Ahmed Saif2 vs 4 Gao Yang
China
16
Myanmar
Aye Min
1 vs 4
Basil Alshajjar
Philippines
17
Thailand
Poramin Danjirakul
4 vs 0
Jefrey Roda
Philippines
18
Myanmar
Myo Min Thein
2 vs 4
Fung Kwok Wai
Hong Kong
19
Thailand
Kritsanut Lertsattayathorn
4 vs 3
Ahmed Shehab
United Arab Emirates
20
Myanmar
Hla Min Htun
0 vs 4
Zulfiqar Qadir
Pakistan
21
Myanmar
Htun Zaw
1 vs 4
Au Chi Wai
Hong Kong
22
Myanmar
Zay Yar Htet
4 vs 0
Nirmal Bogati
Nepal
23
India
Aditya Mehta
4 vs 0
Sujen Shahi
Nepal
24
Myanmar
Zaw Win Cho
2 vs 4
Kok Leong Lim
Malaysia
25
Hong Kong
Ng On Yee
3 vs 0
Keerthana Pandian
India
26
India
Vidya Pillai
1 vs 3
So Man Yan
Hong Kong
27
Bahrain
Habib Sabah
4 vs 1
Chan Ka Kin
Hong Kong
28
Myanmar
Aung Myo Thein
3 vs 4
Aman Karki
Nepal
29
India
Anuj Uppal
3 vs 4
Lee Daegyu
South Korea
30
Hong Kong
Cheung Ka Wai
4 vs 0
Punait Saqer
Bahrain
31
Myanmar
Win Ko Ko
2 vs 4
Hwang Chulho
South Korea
32
Myanmar
Zaw Than Htike
4 vs 2
Roslan Yurnalis
Malaysia
33
Myanmar
Hla Htun
1 vs 4
Bashar Abdulmajeed
Qatar
34
Myanmar
Thet Min Lin
4 vs 0
Alvin Barbero
Philippines
35
India
Akshay Kumar
4 vs 0
Kim Youngjoo
South Korea
36
Thailand
Thanawat Tirapongpaiboon
4 vs 3
Chang Yu Kiu
Hong Kong
37
Myanmar
Nay Lin Htun
3 vs 4
Benjamin Guevarra
Philippines
38
Hong Kong
Yee Ki Ho
1 vs 3
Chitra Magimairajan
India
39
Thailand
Nutcharat Wongharuthai
3 vs 0
Anupama Ramachandran
India
40
India
Pankaj Advani
4 vs 0
Mohd Nazri Mustaffa
Malaysia
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