Babar follows Asif into World Snooker knockouts.

KARACHI -- Following the footsteps of senior cueist Mohammad Asif, former Pakistan No 1 Babar Masih made his way into the knockout round after registering third straight victory in the IBSF World Snooker Championships in Turkish city of Antalya on Thursday evening.

According to information made available here, Babar sent USA's Ajeya Prabhakar packing 4-0 the scores being 135-7, 69-16, 78-36, 64-50. The highlight of the triumph was a splendid century break of 103 in the first frame.

Despite taking lead twice his compatriot Zulfiqar A. Qadir suffered second straight defeat when he went down 3-4 to Thai cueist Thanawat Tirapongpaiboon. The Thai was home 20-77, 39-86, 111-1, 65-15, 36-60...

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