{"id":88096,"date":"2019-10-17T11:38:39","date_gmt":"2019-10-17T01:38:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=88096"},"modified":"2019-10-17T11:38:39","modified_gmt":"2019-10-17T01:38:39","slug":"sajjad-asif-qualify-for-final-of-national-snooker-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/sajjad-asif-qualify-for-final-of-national-snooker-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"Sajjad, Asif qualify for final of National Snooker Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>news desk<br \/>\nkarachi<br \/>\nFormer Pakistan champions Mohammad Sajjad and Mohammad Asif, have qualified for the final of third National Ranking Snooker Championship in Karachi.<br \/>\nThe experienced duo outclassed Mohammad Bilal and Sohail Shahzad, respectively, in the semi finals played on Wednesday at Karachi Gymkhana.<br \/>\nIn the first semi final, Mohammad Bilal \u2014 who was seeded fourth in the tournament \u2014 was once leading 4-2 against 12th seeded Mohammad Sajjad but the former champion fought back and won three consecutive frames to complete a 5-4 win, confirming the berth to his first final since 2017.<br \/>\nSajjad also played a break of 117 in the final frame to win wrap up the semi final with score of 22-67, 72-01, 08-59, 69-29(56), 62-64(63), 23-73(73), 88-06, 62-50, 126-07(117) in two hours and 50 minutes.<br \/>\nThe second semi final between top seed Mohammad Asif and ninth ranked Sohail Shehzad proved to be a one-sided affair which ended with a comfortable 5-1 win for Asif.<br \/>\nThe former World Champion didn\u2019t allow Sohail to stay on table for longer as he completed the game in less than two hours.<br \/>\nAsif\u2019s score against Sohail was 81-43, 45-68, 52-06, 76-06(56), 61-17, 93-31(58).<br \/>\nThe final will be played on Thursday with Pakistan\u2019s first sports channel Geo Super set to broadcast the action live from Karachi Gymkhana.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>news desk karachi Former Pakistan champions Mohammad Sajjad and Mohammad Asif, have qualified for the final of third National Ranking Snooker Championship in Karachi. The experienced duo outclassed Mohammad Bilal and Sohail Shahzad, respectively, in the semi finals played on Wednesday at Karachi Gymkhana. In the first semi final, Mohammad Bilal \u2014 who was seeded [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-88096","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sajjad, Asif qualify for final of National Snooker Championship<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/sajjad-asif-qualify-for-final-of-national-snooker-championship\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sajjad, Asif qualify for final of National Snooker Championship\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"news desk karachi Former Pakistan champions Mohammad Sajjad and Mohammad Asif, have qualified for the final of third National Ranking Snooker Championship in Karachi. The experienced duo outclassed Mohammad Bilal and Sohail Shahzad, respectively, in the semi finals played on Wednesday at Karachi Gymkhana. In the first semi final, Mohammad Bilal \u2014 who was seeded [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/sajjad-asif-qualify-for-final-of-national-snooker-championship\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Daily Lead Pakistan\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DailyLeadPak\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-10-17T01:38:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Web Desk\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@DailyLeadPak\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@DailyLeadPak\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Web Desk\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/sajjad-asif-qualify-for-final-of-national-snooker-championship\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/sajjad-asif-qualify-for-final-of-national-snooker-championship\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Web Desk\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6ef8309590ff620a99ce35559f54fd62\"},\"headline\":\"Sajjad, Asif qualify for final of National Snooker Championship\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-10-17T01:38:39+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/sajjad-asif-qualify-for-final-of-national-snooker-championship\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":223,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Sports\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/sajjad-asif-qualify-for-final-of-national-snooker-championship\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/sajjad-asif-qualify-for-final-of-national-snooker-championship\\\/\",\"name\":\"Sajjad, Asif qualify for final of National Snooker Championship\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2019-10-17T01:38:39+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/sajjad-asif-qualify-for-final-of-national-snooker-championship\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/sajjad-asif-qualify-for-final-of-national-snooker-championship\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/sajjad-asif-qualify-for-final-of-national-snooker-championship\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Sajjad, Asif qualify for final of National Snooker Championship\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"Daily Lead Pakistan\",\"description\":\"Daily Lead Pakistan\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Daily lead Pakistan\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/04\\\/logo3.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/04\\\/logo3.jpg\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":154,\"caption\":\"Daily lead Pakistan\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/DailyLeadPak\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/DailyLeadPak\",\"https:\\\/\\\/instagram.com\\\/DailyLeadPak\\\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6ef8309590ff620a99ce35559f54fd62\",\"name\":\"Web Desk\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/41f05ebf0a510062a26cf1d9e662155a6901c6733aa66a6c0f61daea3d680dc7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/41f05ebf0a510062a26cf1d9e662155a6901c6733aa66a6c0f61daea3d680dc7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/41f05ebf0a510062a26cf1d9e662155a6901c6733aa66a6c0f61daea3d680dc7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Web Desk\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/author\\\/edt\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Sajjad, Asif qualify for final of National Snooker Championship","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/sajjad-asif-qualify-for-final-of-national-snooker-championship\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Sajjad, Asif qualify for final of National Snooker Championship","og_description":"news desk karachi Former Pakistan champions Mohammad Sajjad and Mohammad Asif, have qualified for the final of third National Ranking Snooker Championship in Karachi. The experienced duo outclassed Mohammad Bilal and Sohail Shahzad, respectively, in the semi finals played on Wednesday at Karachi Gymkhana. In the first semi final, Mohammad Bilal \u2014 who was seeded [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/sajjad-asif-qualify-for-final-of-national-snooker-championship\/","og_site_name":"Daily Lead Pakistan","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DailyLeadPak\/","article_published_time":"2019-10-17T01:38:39+00:00","author":"Web Desk","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@DailyLeadPak","twitter_site":"@DailyLeadPak","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Web Desk","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/sajjad-asif-qualify-for-final-of-national-snooker-championship\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/sajjad-asif-qualify-for-final-of-national-snooker-championship\/"},"author":{"name":"Web Desk","@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/6ef8309590ff620a99ce35559f54fd62"},"headline":"Sajjad, Asif qualify for final of National Snooker Championship","datePublished":"2019-10-17T01:38:39+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/sajjad-asif-qualify-for-final-of-national-snooker-championship\/"},"wordCount":223,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Sports"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/sajjad-asif-qualify-for-final-of-national-snooker-championship\/","url":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/sajjad-asif-qualify-for-final-of-national-snooker-championship\/","name":"Sajjad, Asif qualify for final of National Snooker Championship","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/#website"},"datePublished":"2019-10-17T01:38:39+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/sajjad-asif-qualify-for-final-of-national-snooker-championship\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/sajjad-asif-qualify-for-final-of-national-snooker-championship\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/sajjad-asif-qualify-for-final-of-national-snooker-championship\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Sajjad, Asif qualify for final of National Snooker Championship"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/","name":"Daily Lead Pakistan","description":"Daily Lead Pakistan","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/#organization","name":"Daily lead Pakistan","url":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/logo3.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/logo3.jpg","width":1000,"height":154,"caption":"Daily lead Pakistan"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DailyLeadPak\/","https:\/\/x.com\/DailyLeadPak","https:\/\/instagram.com\/DailyLeadPak\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/6ef8309590ff620a99ce35559f54fd62","name":"Web Desk","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/41f05ebf0a510062a26cf1d9e662155a6901c6733aa66a6c0f61daea3d680dc7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/41f05ebf0a510062a26cf1d9e662155a6901c6733aa66a6c0f61daea3d680dc7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/41f05ebf0a510062a26cf1d9e662155a6901c6733aa66a6c0f61daea3d680dc7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Web Desk"},"url":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/author\/edt\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88096","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88096"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88096\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}