{"id":84188,"date":"2023-07-17T11:30:37","date_gmt":"2023-07-17T06:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/?p=84188"},"modified":"2023-07-17T02:15:18","modified_gmt":"2023-07-16T21:15:18","slug":"hamza-reaches-world-u-21-snooker-semis-ahsan-falls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/latest-sports-news\/hamza-reaches-world-u-21-snooker-semis-ahsan-falls\/","title":{"rendered":"Hamza reaches World U-21 Snooker semis, Ahsan falls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>RIYADH July 16 (Online): Pakistan\u2019s Mohammad Hamza Ilyas conjured up a stirring 4-2 victory over Dhruv Patel to reach the semi-finals of the IBSF World Under-21 Snooker Championship here on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Hamza, who saw off Hong Kong\u2019s Li Chun Fung 4-0 in the last-16, won the opening frame convincingly with the score being 66-23 before edging a closely-fought second 58-50.<\/p>\n<p>It sparked a strong comeback from Patel who won the third frame 76-36, only for Hamza to restore his two-frame lead by winning the fourth 62-13.<br \/>\nA break of 67 saw Patel hit back in the fifth as he won it 80-28 but Hamza set up a clash with Germany\u2019s Alexander Widau by taking the sixth frame 76-48.<\/p>\n<p>Hopes of an all-Pakistan final were dashed when Asian under-21 champion Ahsan Ramzan fell 4-3 to Welshman Liam Davies in their quarter-final contest.<\/p>\n<p>Davies made a storming start, blanking Ahsan 97-0 in the first frame with a break of 51 but his Pakistan rival hit back with a break of 63 to take the second frame 84-63.<\/p>\n<p>A see-saw encounter saw Ahsan, who had beaten Indian Rayan Razmi 4-2 in the round-of-16, win the third 66-55 but Davies hit back to grab the fourth and fifth frames 72-0 and 65-33 respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Ahsan took the clash to a decisive seventh frame by winning the sixth 68-31 but Davies booked his spot in the semis when he won the final frame 69-27 to set a date with China\u2019s Yan Luhao.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RIYADH July 16 (Online): Pakistan\u2019s Mohammad Hamza Ilyas conjured up a stirring 4-2 victory over Dhruv Patel to reach the semi-finals of the IBSF World Under-21 Snooker Championship here on Saturday. 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