Yasin, Alok reach pre-quarters of Asian Snooker Championship

Lahore, June 14 (UNI) Second seed Alok Kumar of India overturned a 1-3 deficit to pip Pakistan's Mohd Yousuf 4-3 and enter the round of 16 of the 23rd Asian Snooker Championship being played in Karachi.

In the clash of two former champions, Alok prevailed 61-62, 60-21, 0-97, 47-56, 111-7, 71-26 and 82-13.

Meanwhile, compatriot Yasin Merchant also advanced to the knockout round despite a shocking 3-4 defeat against Bahrain's Habib Sabah in the last session yesterday.

Merchant was enjoying a commanding 3-0 when lost the plot. Sabah was quick to cash in on and won 45-69, 51-58, 49-59, 79-59, 74-27, 69-21 and 76-49.

Meanwhile, the Pakistani quartet of Mohammad Yousuf, Naveen Perwani, Khurram Agha and Saleh Mohammad also made it to pre-quarterfinals to be played on the best-of-nine frames format.

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