Pakistan’s promising cueist and International
Billiards and Snooker Federation (IBSF) World Snooker Champion Ahsan Ramzan
continued exhibiting his brilliance at the international level as he got off
to a flying start in the World Games 2022, outwitting USA’s Ahmed Aly
Elsayed 3-1 in Birmingham, Alabama, USA on Thursday.
The 11th edition of the multi-sport that rolled into action on July 7 will
conclude on July 17. In his opening fixture, Ahsan thrashed his rival by
losing just one frame. The 16-year-old Ahsan won the first frame 73-31 but
lost the second frame 58-49. He bounced back strongly to take the third
frame 100-34. He continued his dominance to win the fourth frame of best of
five frames with a score of 74-53. The victory saw Ahsan advancing to the
quarterfinal stage where he will take on the winner of Ka Wai Cheung vs
Wayne Brown’s encounter on Friday.
The 11th edition of the Games, originally planned for 2021, was postponed to
2022 because of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The World Games
celebrated their première in 1981 in Santa Clara, California, and now, a
little more than 40 years later, they returned to the USA. Around 3,600
athletes from 34 sport disciplines and over 100 countries are competing for
223 medals in the World Games.
