Mohammad Majid sets his eyes on World Amateur Championship – Snooker News
Young Pakistani snooker talent, Punjab’s Mohammad Majid displayed some excellent snooker skills at the Defence Housing Authority (DHA) Creek Club Billiards Hall and made his way successfully into the semi-final stage of the 2012 National Bank Pakistan (NBP)
Ranking Snooker tournament where he faced the reigning National Snooker Champion Muhammad Asif.
The youngster played impressively against the experienced Asif and put him under immense pressure with his classy snooker genius. At one time during the second session of the match, Asif seemed out of clues and unsettled as Majid was dominating the baize
brilliantly with his marvellous talent. Asif was under a lot of pressure because of Majid’s stunning comeback.
However, the National Snooker Champion bounced back brilliantly at the end of the second session and dominated the third session to oust his opponent by the score line of 6-4. The match up was quote tussling from the start and Asif was indeed under pressure.
It was an exciting battle as both players showed off their tremendous skills.
Despite losing to the National Snooker Champion, the young Majid is not down and is aiming to make an appearance in the upcoming national and international snooker events. The youngster is aiming to hit the World Amateur Snooker Championship and bring home
the glory. He will be looking to play hard and work on refining his snooker technique to put in a good performance in all future snooker tournaments.
Speaking to the local media at the conclusion of the match, Majid said, “I have the self belief that I can become the world amateur champion. There isn't a big difference between my game and that of world champion Hossein Vafayei Ayouri.”
He added, “I came close to beating him but I'm proud of my performance. The table didn't respond the way we would've liked it to.”
Asif was quite impressed with the way Majid played during their match and wished him luck in the future. It will be exciting to see if Majid can carry his winning momentum forward in the next snooker tournament.
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