Pakistan’s young sensation Ahsan Ramzan defeated India’s Digvijay Kadyan 4-3 in the quarter-finals of the U-21 Asian Snooker Championship on Tuesday in Tehran, Iran.
With a victory over the Indian cueist, Ramzan secured his place in the semi-final.
The 17-year-old won the match with scores of 19-76, 36-76, 67-35, 63-31, 72-55, 27-65 and 9-70 as he came back from a three-two deficit to win the match.
After reaching the semi-finals, Ramzan’s medal in the Asian U-21 Championship is also assured.
Earlier, Ramzan contested two group matches against Iran’s Arshia Tehrani and Ali Lelegani and defeated both of them to secure his place in the knockout stages of the tournament.
In his first group match, the teenager beat Tehrani by the score of 3-0 in the Best of Five.
Tehrani was faced with humiliation as the Pakistani dominated all three sets. He won the first frame by a score of 55-21 while in the second frame, Ramzan displayed an all-round performance as he defeated the Iranian by 93-15. He also comfortably won the third frame by maintaining his dominance.
It is appropriate to mention that the young snooker sensation Ahsan impressed the world with his precision in the IBSF Snooker World Championship 2022 as he orchestrated an astounding comeback in the final against Iran’s Amir Sarkhosh from 4-2 down to eventually triumphing 6-5 and became the second-youngest cueist to seize the prestigious title.
Furthermore, Ahsan is only the third snooker player from Pakistan to win the international amateur world title after Muhammad Yousaf, who achieved the feat in 1994.
It must be noted that Ahsan has already won the national U17, U18 and U19 titles, while he ended up as runner-up in the U21 championship.
Faizan Lakhani Faizan Lakhani is Deputy Editor (Sports) at Geo News.