The experienced picist of Pakistan Muhammad Asif took a good start to the Snooker Games 2025 campaign, beating the Xiaolong Liang in China in straight executives in his group of group of group of on Sunday.
In competition in group B, AIF posted a complete control throughout the Best of Three competition, winning 2-0. He took the first executive 79-50, before sealing the victory with a dominant victory of 77-24 in the second.
He will then face Alexander Widau of Germany on Monday in his second group match.
The male snooler competition at the world games of this year presents 12 players, divided into four groups of three, the first two of each group passing in the quarterfinals.
The 2025 edition of Games World officially started on Friday in Chengdu, with more than 4,000 athletes from more than 100 countries in competition in 34 sports disciplines, including Cue Sports.
Snooker, which was introduced for the first time at the World Games in 2001, again attracted attention, with 12 of the best amateur players in the world in the running for gold.
Asif, a former IBSF world champion, qualified for the matches by winning the IBSF 2024 world snooker championship in Doha, where he overcome Ali Gharahgozlou of Iran in a closely disputed final, pouring him 4-3.
The 36-year-old also added another feather to his cap last month by raising the title of the world championship of the masters of the IBSF in Bahrain, beating Brita Damani from India in another final of 4-3 diving.
