Alkass Digital
Walid Majid and Bashar Hussein book two seats for Qatar in the semi-finals of the 9-ball pool competition at the Gulf Combined Billiards and Snooker Championship.
Walid Majid qualified with great difficulty, as he lost his first match against Omani Mohammed Al Balushi by 8-9, but he returned and achieved two consecutive victories over Bahraini Mohammed Al Fahal with a score of 9-8, and then in the quarter-finals against Omani Mubarak Al Wahaibi 9-8. Walid set a date in the semi-finals, Monday with the winner of the match between the UAE Salah Al Rimawi and the Kuwaiti Hussein Al Sayafi.
Bashar Hussein also qualified nad began similarly to his teammate, as Hussein lost the first match against Omani Mubarak Al Wahaibi 6-9, but came back to secure two consecutive wins, the first at the expense of Bahraini Ahmed Sabah 9-8, and the second over Omani Muhammad Al Balushi 9-3 In the quarter-finals. Bashar will face Kuwaiti Ahmed Al Dulaimi, in the semi-finals who also qualified after his victory over the UAE Abdul Salam Al Balushi, 9-3.
Bashar said that he aspires to reach the final and achieve the title, after the failure in the 8-ball and 10-ball competition.
For his part, Kuwaiti billiards team player, Abdullah Al Qattan, stressed that the distinguished level that the combined Gulf Championship competitions have shown so far confirms the development of the level of billiards and snooker in the Arab Gulf region.
Al Qattan considered that the wonderful organization of the Qatar Billiards and Snooker Federation for the combined Gulf Championship played an important role in this technical success that everyone is following.