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Ameer Ali ๐ฎ๐ถ VS Konstantin Stepanov
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come on [Music] [Music] n okay [Music] ladies and gentlemen welcome to guar doar the host nation of the cata World tble Cup of 2024 the host nation welcomes the worldwide fans tuning in and have we got an incredible match for you today it’s going to be very exciting for all the players in the top 16 in the field now for me you have got two incredible players one of the past who’s put in a performance of his life to be where he is he comes in as a former European Champion a Moscone Cup champion one of the greatest past players in the world he’s done it all he’s been there on the world stage Coster comes in as a professional pool coach for the national team and what a player he is incredible player he is up against the lion and he is an incredible player as well so we will all see today a great match over the next hour or so so it’s going to be interesting times to see how well Amir plays this game he’s a very consistent player in potting and shot selection and I’ve watched his match over the last few days on the TV table and his strength at the game is the will to win he’s an incredible player and of course he was here last year as well and he put in a great performance only to lose on the deciding frame so he is now in the top 16 playing to get in to the quarterfinals will he be nervous not really it’s he’s such a great player under tremendous pressure and he has loved all over the Middle East he is an incredible Talent he’s Unstoppable some days and his results are in staggering and I can tell you 92 yes I think it was 112 yesterday I think against John MOA so it just goes to show how good he is he’s worked very hard at his game so this six4 is a bit more difficult than what it looks taking it into the middle going around the but to be fair he is playing incredible I watched him practice just now that dry break from Costa has sent a message to lose the first frame and that’s how Amir is playing Amir is using a wooden shaft which he finds more comfortable to feel the cuq ball so he’s still got that technology of the wooden shaft where a lot of players are using carbon now but he’s playing so well with his q and feeling really comfortable now there is a time scale for each player 40 seconds and one minute from the break so you can have an extension for a game and you see he’s got carbon fiber break Q jump Q so he’s no stranger to carbon fiber and what I’m explaining he likes the old school shaft and so does Costa they like to just feel the cuq ball so congratulations for the sponsored cloth which is the Andy cloth as you can see already the referee is doing his best make sure all the balls are touching and the t-shirts the players are wearing for the P World Cup Temple 2024 championships has been given to the top 16 players so how did this tournament start well we’re going back on the 4th of December where 16 qualifiers were taking to join a grand total of 128 players for this event we are down for the last couple days today and that’s a very good break he’s tried to make the tube even though he’s in the open he should be okay Amir doesn’t really like playing safety he just wants to get on with the game if you can see it he does go for it we’ve seen thator uh over the last few matches so you see the stop clock on the table that is to warn the players of a countdown 5 4 3 2 one that is the end of their 40 seconds so they do get notified the temperature is dropped it’s a very cold out there ideal conditions for the players they’re very happy with there yeah is he taking on the yeah he’s playing is safe here that’s a very clever shot by Amir Ali now he will not give anything away Costa former European ranked number one pool player a European Champion so how has he got back on the scene he’s worked hard he’s really dedicated to the game and he is the coach for Qatar doar here Kata Sports Federation and he’s played that beautiful so at the moment the positioning from Ali is superb and Costa has only made one mistake but you can’t call it a mistake a dry break what did he call the pocket Ali was in the situation yesterday he was snookered against John MOA but he didn’t call a pocket and it went in sometimes it’s best to call the pocket even though it’s going close so Costa’s got a chance here to come across for the two yeah he’s played that a little bit too hard the speed has caught him out but he’d be happy with that he will be trying to hide the cuq Mia’s made sorry Costa’s made a bit of a error there because Amir can see the TU ball while the first mistake from Amir allowing cluster to take this on but there is a trap ball I’m sure you all can see it it’s the nine ball the three does go to the left corner so H has to pop this to and hold for the free yeah know HED himself and he will be disappointed to see that hide behind the T so a mistake there from Costa so he should nominate the middle pocket here just in case it goes close to it and if it falls he stays at the table and there it is he’s tapped the table that’s the best thing to do avoid any confrontation nominate that pocket regardless if it goes in or not wow and he’s got a chance I don’t know if he can pot it though he can obviously he can see it but I don’t know if he can pot it just looking at the camera angle it’s very close yeah it was so close he had to push safe and the pace has helped him here he’d be happy with that he 4 he overhit it if you ever get a chance to meet Ali he is a lovely person so is Costa great Sportsman at the table and if you go to Q score we’ll see if it’s up him running to see the other results around the table so wow that is a good fortune for Costa now this will even itself out it always has done to be fair I’ve never really Seen It All One Way say system so you go to qcore push live and underneath it says cut a world Temple cup stage two you click on that and hopefully all the results will come through and they’re all there it hasn’t worked there there’s another way of doing it okay I managed to get into the system and I can tell you a quick update Alex can askis if I apologize if I miss said it he’s two n down against Oliver Jeffrey the ball is tw0 down against Elan ocean and Chang against Muhammad he is 2 up so already some players have gone into three frames there some great games now the match after this is at 4:00 and then we go in tomorrow for the semifinal and that will take place at 7:00 in the morning and the final is on Saturday at 3:00 so we have a great day tomorrow as well our last day is tomorrow for this tournament and then we start on the Asian championship ships of 2024 so we got lots happening here Qatar have put on once again an incredible performance to make this happen so congratulations to Qatar Sports Federation now this is the highest prize money tournament for tble in the world and the prize money is $450,000 in the pot the winner will receive a staggering $100,000 right now Amir is taking a 2il lead now he’s not scared to run away and control the game I’ve seen a lot of players where they take three or four frames and then all of a sudden they lose the match but Amir is completely different once he gets in front he doesn’t look at the scoreboard he gets on with the next game sees the Finishing Line and gets there he’s played very well throughout the tournament as we saw yesterday Meir had to win again he had to win M against Max with 116 just just a couple results for you how well Mia’s played so he he won 116 and we know he beats John MOA so was some good results there and this tournament started on the fourth and our last day is tomorrow who will be Crown champion but right now the break is the key we’re looking at two of the balls behind the one ball the four and the nine to go to the middle and the wing balls to go into their opposite Pockets around the table control the white 80% power wow Costa hit that there’s the two so he’s got to judge the free now it’d be very happy with that he hasn’t lost really much of a control the confidence boost from Amir Ali yesterday to win 92 over John MOA must have given him so much confidence and with that beautiful win against Alex as well just go to show Amir is an incredible player very calm very relaxed and the t-shirts they wear are representing they a top 16 player wow I got a little bit of update for you Muhammad is 22 with Chang that’s that’s a good result because he was too too oh very nice what a great shot he’s just played there but he has left it but he did well to hit it oh ocean two1 up on Jeffrey the ball and now this two ball he must run the table the cost of fans I know his family are watching and Friends yeah the the the problem what happened there when Costa rode the ball he was relying on trying to just pinch a bit of the pocket their 4 in pockets and he just had a bit of a pressure shot and he could pop that every day of the week not a problem but uh on the TV table he’s managed to miss it so his accuracy has to be strengthened but i’ be happy with this because he hasn’t allowed air to run the table so he has to focus now to stay in contention of this match because he can’t afford to go three-nil down might just hide it in behind the four possibility I think oh no he’s running the CBO around the table this is dangerous yeah that’s the problem is he left it wow that was a great shot and that’s what I love about Amir he Taps the table for for for well I have some news for you on air I’ll try and answer the questions he is such an incredible player and I done some research on Ali I have seen him over the years in Qatar and got to know him he is Iraq national team he’s the Arab nineball Champion six times Arab eight ball and 10 ball six time gold medalist West Asian eight ball and 10 ball two times so we are with an incredible player well done what an achievement over his career so that’s great and Amir I have I have news about a little bit of information about Amir the very quiet person by the way lovely person um he’s known as The Lion and his T-shirt has this lion over his right side and it’s a lion’s head with a raw so he is known as the lion so I hope that helps you a little bit about Amir he does play snooker I did watch him play a little bit of snooker when he was in Qatar and he plays hayo as well I was very impressed the way he plays able in the Asian championships I’m not too sure if he’s in the Asian championships for pool I’m sure he will be what an incredible player so I can only tell you what I know about him meeting and greeting the players all the way through the tournament and I get very well with air I’ve known him around about seven eight years so me two tend to talk he’s a lovely person so I hope that helps you yeah now the reason why he moved that that’s called the pressure shot we’re going to see that today that was two times he’s missed that ball he knows that he can pot it but he’s putting himself under psychological pressure being too n down he should never have lost positioning there on the one to pot it he’s on the three well Amir is going to be so happy with that outcome of both balls disappearing so this four ball to the left corner H for the five freeze for the six to take a three-nil lead so interesting times here yeah we we call it the perfect breaking tble and uh you only Alan ocean has had four of them in a race the nine so this six ball has to be nominated which he has done and the best way to to Avid any wow how did air miss that he had it all of a sudden I’m just going to watch the replay see why he missed it yeah he aimed the five into the six and the six went above the middle pocket and hit the jaw so Costa gets a chance I’m wow he’s pulled that out but the problem here he’s pulled the safety out all the players I’ve ever seen on the TV table it only takes one or two games for it there it only takes one or two games for the guys to adjust and it’s very cold for the first time in the whole tournament I’ve put my jacket on so the temperature out there is cold so um this will affect the players now this six4 if we can have camera 4 he cannot have the rails sit in the pocket this is so difficult if but puts this this is going to be a great shot oh he pulled that out as it was over the pocket I think when you see air people might underestimate his ability because he’s not on the world scene but you cannot underestimate his skill his accuracy and one thing which he’s got and that’s this is why he’s in the tournament of the top 16 in the world the will to win for his country the ability the belief he has for himself and that’s the difference that’s why he’s going Three N up as he is the lion so the tactics here stay cool calm relax to go fre and the up and he hasn’t has he played a bad shot yes he’s only played one bad shot but he won the game he played the combination onto the six it went too high but Costa tried to hide the cube or behind the 10 what a good shot he pulled out to make it free so that was cost a feeling now we’re just going to have to wait and see if he’s going to come back now the stop clock is can you see the clock on the table what seconds a shot you get a warning 5 4 3 two 1 in that 5 Seconds you are allowed to call your extension and you’re allowed to quickly speed up because you don’t want to give a far away so I won’t go on about the break I’m sure you guys all know you got to pop the five and the seven in the middle the two will go to the right corner the three will go to the left left corner but Ali is putting 100% in maybe 97% of his break in so hard saw it yesterday it didn’t work well it worked today yeah he’s hitting it too hard because the two ball never went close to the right corner and the three B didn’t so he needs to reduce the power and then that way he will control the BS off the break so the scores just try and get the scores for you if there’s any update news wow Daniel from Poland he is 40 up Jeffrey the bll it’s 2-1 so Chang is free2 up on Toopy but we talked about amir’s success national team Arab nine ball Champion six gold medals Arab eight ball 10 ball six gold medals West Asian eight ball 10 B two times gold medals it’s just go to show how good he is I’m afraid to tell you Costa fans around the world he’s putting himself under tremendous pressure he’s missed three balls he’s so disappointed never seen Costa Miss so many in a match he is so consistent is it because of Ali’s putting pressure on is it because of the occasion is it because of the prize money I’m not too sure he beat Alban Ocean on the TV table M missed that shot it was difficult but now can Costa come back with this one one hold for the two I don’t see a trouble Ball but will he pot it wow I’m starting to see Costa’s game here he’s not feeling comfortable at all he thought he missed that shot now that’s better this is the Costa very consistent with his cure action I think if Costa can win this game is stting to feel comfortable he’s just slightly putting himself under tremendous pressure you see that that’s a little bit better he’s not still fluent should be comfortable now as he knows the seven and the nine are just up the table so he’s just got to go forward yeah that’s much better from Costa he knows now he can’t afford to make a mistake we know it’s all easy I have seen over the last few days the easy ones very difficult to p so this nine to run through to the 10 make it trailing by two frames let’s have a look at the scores for you wow Mario he it’s on five his opponent is on one Chang and Muhammad up on three each o ocean Jeffrey the bll are on to each and a great result so far Daniel it’s on five it’s 51 up so it’s all happening here in the qualifying stages the top 16 there is a match after this it is the quarterfinals and that will be played at 4:00 today was a long way to go today for all of us and we’re doing our best to bring you live coverage and live action here on the last two days of the tournament semi finals and the final will be played tomorrow yeah cost’s got a desert break because he’s hit that not hard enough he’s got no control of the middle but the score should be 3-1 I just inform my colleague oh it’s already done much everybody’s hearing me here so we are watching the one so where’s the difficult ball it is the four ball he thought he missed that he’s okay he’s trying so hard now find an angle to get to the Fort this isn’t easy to get there these are 4 In Pockets just looking at the replay yeah he’s just caught the knuckle before it went in and rir knows how good he is to come back off the here this is a great shot oh he might be settling for the combination so the threee to the corner so he’s nominated the five to the corner to hold on to the four ball he can’t hit it too hard he’s just got to hit it enough power because the four ball would come across the table and that’s what he doesn’t want he wants to keep the work close so you can see now the five will disappear wow wow he that was a great shot well played he timed that perfect that could have gone anywhere but he’s absolutely pinpoint that fourball to the corner H for the six freeze for the seven and it’s a formality to take a 41 lead so Amir is on fire here in the top 16 left in this tournament it’s Okay thousands is up for grabs in this match but it’s not about the prize money it’s about winning the tournament 128 qualifies sorry 128 players from the WPA and the qualifiers started this event four days ago 16 qualifiers from around the world followed by the remaining to make it up with the rank players from the I WPA so well done everybody but this April we saw a Miss across the table earlier on this is a bit easier though he has missed it I didn’t expect that we didn’t believe he could miss that surely so you can see now that this a b to the nine Buster’s very good at drawing back on this table they’re settled for that the cub rolling and it’s okay he’d be very happy with that shot yeah Joshua Feller played amazing on day one he he was the first player to win 90 where his opponent only parted two balls and he played to Perfection 100% potting 100% accuracy and then he lost 94 and 95 it just goes to show how this game can change players but right now Amir he’s missed a combination an eight ball but he managed to win that frame but unfortunately the eight staying in the pocket didn’t allow him to win that frame they 32 so how can him here maintain his concentration at the table to make sure he doesn’t miss any more of those balls we’re going to have to wait and see but he’s such a good player it won’t phase him we just get on with the next game so The Nine’s gone the Free’s made its way the two we nearly parted the two and the three and that would have come in handy no where is the trouble ball and it’s the five ball which is going to be a very tricky ball he wants to come really high enough to take it to the right corner but in the meantime Amir knows he has to focus on the easy shots ability have a little bit of news for you Mario he is 61 up what a great result that is so far Al ocean and Jeffrey they’re at three each so this two B to the free possibility they take the four into the right middle and run across the table and hold for the five lot of work to do here it’s just not about parting the balls just get in the positioning for the next shot well done to all the referees here’s clock there so he’s got 40 seconds and he’s allowed one timeout per game this isn’t an easy game to win this one cuz it’s that five ball which is the key ball yeah I thought he would take it to the middle but he has oh dear he hasn’t got the angle so does the five go past the six he’s hasn’t got the anle so he’s looking at it think it does he’s looking so yes it does go past the six at a couple camera angles so the four has been nominated for the middle oh for the run to the five to take it to the top Corner oh it didn’t go go the angle there it looked like it went but just looking at this angle doesn’t go so where’s a me playing this then containing safety muhamad and Chang at four a piece interesting times on that game but right now this tactical safety battle he’s just called his extension wow he’s left that in the open for Amir to take Amir has got an Incredible strength potting from anywhere and he’s got this opportunity now to take the five to the corner I’m surprised there that he’s played safe he’s such an incredible player he’s feeling that this tactical safety game I’m not going to get on the six anyway don’t want to really push the six from the rail so i’ rather Play Safe and let my opponent make the human error so this five ball is turning into a key ball and that was a very clever shot by air up on the table for sportsmanship there from Costa but right now he’s called the five ball wow he’s M hit that where is it going to land wow this is interesting cuz that six4 now it’s turning into a key shot Al he will take this on he knows that this is a frame winner for 42 because the formality of the rest of the boards are in the open a very good player take pressure shots on this is a pressure shot because he knows that if he misses it it’s free a piece and if he pots it it’s 42 go what a shot that was well played aerous pressure if you’ve never seen air play it’s a national champion gold medals nine ball and 10 ball and he’s an incredible player and last year he did so well only L to lose on the hill I think it was the quarterfinals he achieved so he’s no stranger to the pressure incredible Talent he has a stage name the lion right now he’s roaring so he’s playing really really well very consistent with that six Bo it’s just sending a message while he’s playing today if you ever get a chance to meet Ally such a lovely person Great Character and by the way in the arena there are more TVs you do get to see yourself on TV we’re not just broadcasting on YouTube we are on live feed all over the world TV channels are taking the live feed but right now cost has changed his break he’s the first one I have seen no other players done this moved the cube wall so close to the rail no one’s ever broke from here well he’s got a ball but that’s the problem with the breake so the shot of the break is this in alignment with the line off center from the one ball one turn to the left or one turn to the right 80% power that will give you one ball in the middle and the two and the three will go in the corner Pockets at the bottom where they designated on the rack you can do that you’ve got a great chance of making the break so well done but right now cost’s hasn’t got the break going so this is where he could lose the match we’re just going to have to wait and see Chang on four Muhammad on five Jeffrey the bull he’s four three now I against Alban ocean So Good Fortune there he’s just apologized great sportsmanship from both players and if you look at the t-shirts they’re both wearing uh all 16 players in the tournament have got them and katar Sports Federation have made this tournament happen since the 4th of December it’s our last day tomorrow both of these players are trying to get through to the quarterfinals and Amir has played that very nice is Costa looking at the nine he hasn’t nominated it cuz if he flick that free ball he would have potted that nine but right now the disappointment is creeping in to Costa for the first time I’ve seen him he’s a little bit disappointed how he’s left the one in the open so the middle pocket has been nominated to the right hold on to the two right sure yeah Amir is trying to avoid head on with a free ball trying to pinch a bit of an angle here yeah he’s played that perfect nine balls nominated so well played because he needs the angle from the three to the four and then he’s looking very sharp we talked about M’s results and he’s put in some great matches his ability in controlling that white in the match so far is incredible really is in control it’s just the easy Ms he tends to miss he’s only missed combination and one eight ball he is human but right now he will take this on probably take the for to the top Corner yeah he’s taking taking that to the corner he’ be happy with that he knows that this four ball is a frame winner because look at everything is just waiting to go in the way air plays because he’s such a good player and people have never seen him play on the world tour you might underestimate his ability and that’s the wrong way to look at this game his ability of controlling that white is incredible it’s potting he’s only missed one ball you can’t really call a plant a Miss because it’s so difficult but it’s ability it’s concentration it’s world class he’s a world class player he’s beat he’s beaten world class players to be where he is he has made this look easy when I interview the players when I interviewed Alin ocean he said he stated that it’s so difficult this table to control the Cub cuz it’s so fast but Amir it’s making it look so easy when it comes down to be a world class player to take a 5-2 lead on Costa who is a professional coach at Qatar Sports Federation for all the national champions and players up in coming and he came through on the qualifying stages on day one so congratulations to him getting this far but when you’re playing mere Aly you can’t afford to underestimate his skill his potting and accuracy he’s just an amazing character so he’s trying to make that eight and four in the middle watch the two and the three he’s got the eight but the three didn’t come down and the two stayed up the top of the table because traffic hit in the ball and he didn’t control the q b at all the one Slipped Away the hardest shot in the game is to control the Q Ball but look at the score M alley 52 up a race to 11 still a long way to go let’s have a look at the other scores for you while we’re watching the Tactical safety battle take place I have news for you guys Jeffrey the bull from the Philippines he’s five free up on elban Ocean Mario he is 6 fre up and this is good news for some fans out there Chang is on four Muhammad is on six what a result for the players he was trying to make such a great player he’s trying so hard out there he’s a great great player but uh does happen when you try hard just not going his way wow this will be a very good jump shot in fact it could be a highlight jump shot we can make this into the corner pocket he can jump them now Costa is a very good jumper as well so there’s some clapping in the background just checking the results quick update for you Ah that’s what the Clapping was for Daniel Poland is 8 to up where’s the one gone wow good fortune there yeah the willpower of stopping the cube all there from mamir he knows how difficult this shot not we need to hit it getting it safe and we are seeing a tactical battle in this Frame wow another great shot if this goes in wble into the middle he’s nominated it with safety in mind so it was a two-way shot because he was on the two already for the run out just in case it went in so this uh tactical battle now suits Amir he does like the Tactical battles he’s very good they getting out of Snookers this is a very difficult one oh what’s happened I was looking at the scores then I’ll just check the replay what a very clever shot there from Amir he’s tied the free ball up with the five very good thinking and that’s what Amir does if he can’t see a path to get to the object ball he tends to tie another ball up so that’s good thinking trying to secure the frame and then allowing his opponent to try dislodge this free coming across the table so well good well that was a very good shot so uh there’s two now to open the three and the five will be the key to this rain he just moved it oh what’s happened he’s just missed the two ball how did he miss that just checking the replay yeah he’s tried to force the angle off the QQ ball from the two to come across things is not going lost his way in this match he must regroup you can’t believe he’s missed that no frame sorry no rack has ever been won so far in this tournament on the TV table with three fouls in a row nobody’s ever done that maximum is two so it just goes to show the standard very high that’s a very clever shot there a tactical battle in this rack it’s been the longest one on the TV table in the tournament well is that a combination from the five to the corner he hasn’t looked at it he could have come around and had a look and just to see if it was a possibility but the players are on 40 seconds per shot with a timeout and a countdown on their last 5 seconds so Amir now doesn’t really want to bring the tree out what a shot once again he’s really trying bring the Cub down to the bottom of the table he doesn’t want to hit the six out so the first human era there from Amir five4 Jeffrey’s leading against Alan ocean very good shot there from Air making sure now he’s nominated the pocket to the plant all of a sudden it’s the five so he’s going to come down the table he’s got to put Pace in it I can’t see how you can hit the five how did he hit the five he must have just clipped it on the way up see that angle how did he hit that five there I can’t see it yeah just check the replay there that’s incredible how we hit the five so this is a golden opportunity for Amir to take this Frame long way to go it is race to 11 but the way Amir plays he’s one of the players I don’t really see get weak when they he in front in fact when he’s in front I don’t see him losing because he has this Incredible strength of self-belief in his game so there six hold hold for the seven to the left corner hold for the nine a 62 lead he’s going forward here very confident to play that shot so now this seven yeah Joshua fellerer played three matches he won his first one 100% and then all of a sudden he lost 94 and 95 but right now this is the top 16 in the World Cup bble championships in here in Qatar the prize money is phenomenal it’s the biggest prize money in the world of tall and this young man is looking so strong because of all the work he’s achieved in his career we talked about it just now he’s the re Iraq national team champion Arab nine ball six gold medals Champion Arab eight ball and 10 ball time six gold medalist Asian Champion eight ball and 10 ball times two gold medals so he has achieved in his career here some incredible matches to get all those gold medals so congratulations but right now Costa is struggling with the break this isn’t a good area to break with the ball to be fair not many people have got a ball and controlled the table from here as you see that’s two times in a row and the first thing Costa will blame is the break it’s not working but the secret yeah that was a big sigh first first person who’s ever done that it was the sigh of things are not going well and it’s a psychological shot the break he’s it’s not easy uh the live scores you can I’m sorry to tell you it it’s not working on qcore um I have been given the app to get them but um I’ll try and help you there we go if you go to there we go I have to spell it out to you guys have you got your phones ready or a piece of paper so it goes like this h t PS dot dot– qore do Dash tournament Dash C plus World Plus cup plus 10 plus Tor plus plus stage plus two plus percentage 28k knockout last 64 and that should hopefully give you that information and you should get all the draw there so when you click on it it goes straight to qcore then you click on it’s all done for you it goes straight to CER or up and it’s all the draw is there so some people can’t get it in certain countries and others people can Chang is five frames Muhammad is on seven I saw Mario he Jeffrey and Albin ocean around five a piece Mario he is at 74 so I hope that will help you qc.com it should work and yeah cost can understand the frustration but we must stay relaxed and enjoy the game we are on national TV all over the world it’s not going right for Costa it’s a long way to go in the tournament that’s such a shame that the game does that to you it tends to take your confidence away and give you confidence on great shots but it’s a game at the end of the day you must enjoy it you’re in the top 16 of the tournament the highest level so far you’ve achieved and you got there because of great play Patience skill and accuracy nobody can play Perfect every day and it’s part of the game right now Costa has to somehow well yeah he’s going to be disappointed for that shot yeah he’s he’s not happy but um the game does that to you I’m afraid sometimes it could put your opponent off if you’re so they’re both experienced and I’m sure they fight for it they don’t want to carry on sometimes and give up but these two players such good athletes in the game they’ve been here before that’s a very good shot and if anything this is given strength to air it does does it does two things with if if you have your opponent a little bit upset it gives you strength or it makes you come down if your game is identical to both players missing pts and it makes you play bad and then reverse to making pots and you make pots but air is such a class aete Supreme condition in respects to winning as we talked about his career he’s an incredible athlete so none of that will phase him he will just get on and play his game if his opponent misses part of the game did you see how he smoothed out any chalk on the table there to avoid any deflection later on in the next rack so this nineball will take him to a 72 lead because it’ll be automatically on the 10 and see how he stunned it across to slow the Cubo down so very well played it was an emotional rack I think we might be in a commercial break not too sure players are entitled to have a break yes they are so join us very shortly for the commercial break see you shortly [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] a [Music] [Music] [Applause] come [Music] a [Music] [Music] [Applause] come on [Music] a [Music] [Music] [Applause] ho [Music] a [Music] [Music] [Applause] come on [Music] a [Music] [Music] a come on [Music] [Applause] [Music] aahah for for for for for for for you just joined us I have a very special guest with me will help me identify how Amir Ali can play so well his strength and his weaknesses gives me great honor to introduce to you a professional player Cena welcome thank thank you well hello everybody thanks for having me Pepsi and uh all you’ve been doing in the commentary it’s been amazing and uh as the tournament is uh coming along we’re going to have like great matches and uh as you see like Amiri is definitely uh one of the top player in the region if not the best at the moment uh so let’s see what happens in this game and we talk about the bat in the region I’ve known Ali for over five years now maybe coming into six and sevens but his achievement of well he’s achieved in the pool career it’s incredible he is a national team member he is Arab nine ball Champion six gold medals Arab eight ball 10 ball six gold medals Western Asian eight ball and T ball two medals and many more tournaments so how have you ever played Yeah we actually played uh last year West Asia nine ball final together uh he beat me 11 to8 and uh again this year uh I won the nine ball division he won the 10 ball division uh so he’s just uh I can’t say any B things about him like he’s like I I to me he’s like the uh the best player in the region at the moment um he plays very efficient all the time um not too many weaknesses to be honest now the break here from Costa for me is way too high over to you uh well to me like tball uh I prefer a little bit harder break so you can uh make the the the balls in the corners like the the for Raiders cuz if you break too soft uh they might not go but I mean if you break harder you have more chances of making balls on The Brak uh it might be uh more difficult to control the Q Ball but as a whole I think it’s better to break a little bit harder as we see Costa here he’s put in incredible performance to get from stage one to where we are it’s incredible yeah he’s I mean I I played with him actually a few times here in Qatar he plays very nice the stroke is like very smooth very fluent and uh he had a few good wins actually he uh played with uh Conrad jushan from uh Holland yesterday who uh is one of the top players in the world actually so uh that was a good win hill hill and um this match is far from being over actually if he can manage to finish this rack uh we could have a uh nice game another and what do you feel about Amir Ali’s strengths in his game well to me I mean he does everything like so efficiently um that things he might just need to um improve might be his jumping ability and breaks otherwise in every Department he does really well like safety is moving game and uh shot making of course uh but overall he’s such a decent player absolutely he’s only missed two balls in this stage of today the top 16 it was a combination onto the six but but to be fair it was a little bit difficult however he did miss a formality 8 or for his ability and Costa missed allall which is very unexpected well you know at this point of the competition it’s uh common to miss some shots here and there I mean it’s the pressure it’s just a big moment so you can’t be too upset about like a few misses here and there but overall like uh he plays like super efficient and very simple which is what you need need at this point of the competition now we talked just now about the 16 players and I have the results so far in the games I’ll just show you here because people can’t get the score and thank you very much for uh somebody putting on the scoreboards for for everybody to look at what about Alban ocean he’s brought it back there yeah that’s a close game Alin ocean and Jeffrey DeLuna 65 uh Danielle m over rosan chakov that’s uh 104 to Daniel that’s a little bit of a surprise I thought there would be a close match cuz rosan play um breaks really well and Jeffrey just made it 66 uh Arnell and Jos that’s that’s a big surprise to me because uh hos is such a solid player uh as do Arnold but I mean I thought it would be a closer match now it’s 95 uh Chang junin and Muhammad Sufi 87 uh Sean Mark the Filipino versus Mario H 85 to Mario and Ian versus Luc Min 652 Ian who is a Filipino who resides in uh uh Emirate actually and it just goes to show seea how well you’ve played you you achieved an incredible performance to get where you got to you lost to Jeffrey yesterday yes but how did you feel about the tournament the tour I haven’t played played too many pool lately I’ve been mostly playing hball but uh I didn’t expect too much coming to this because I just didn’t have the time to uh to practice and you know put the time for the break to practice but uh it’s been a great tournament anytime I come together I just enjoy it the setup is amazing so I mean I’m just happy with the result for now now we’re watching Ali break here he does tend to make the wing ball go in the threee to the corner the two to the corner and makes a ball in the middle so this is how he does it full power into the break to me I feel like um I know we deep in the tournament but I see him break like almost every match and I think he’s still trying to adjust and figure out the break because now he’s uh breaking a little bit harder compared to the beginning of the tournament and I mean that’s a great result um if he manages to uh get on the three after the two the rest is a formality and how important is this Frame to go 8 four up with a possibility of running the table I mean 84 compared to 75 I mean from uh 84 you just need to make pretty much like two of your breaks and you have a chance to finish the match but if it’s becomes 75 then it’s uh it’s going to be too close to car well we can almost see a result coming through ladies and gentlemen Daniel is on 10 frames to four and that would be a very difficult situation to win seven in a row against an incredible player so a result will come through very shortly but in the meantime Jeffrey as you just pointed out is on six and Alban ocean is on six what a match that is well here probably Amir wants to just float the CQ ball in the middle of the T table somewhere and uh the rest is pretty much just a few stop shots yeah just like that beauti beautiful beautiful how now you’ve been on the TV table how did you find the table uh well usually TV table has like the best condition compared to the other tables cuz um it’s played on as a little play on at a little bit less compared to the outside tables the light are better uh the humidity is lower because not too many people around it so it’s it’s nice to place on it play on it actually you put in a great performance and congratulations to your achievement in this tournament and this tournament is going to get bigger and better as we go along for next year yeah hopefully it’s it’s going to be exciting to come to Qatar every year with like all these big events and it’s a pleasure because uh for us it’s close to home so just a little bit easier for us compared to a lot of other players now there is another tournament straight after this one is the Asian championships are you playing in that one yes yes yes uh can’t wait to actually start uh I think it starts in in a couple days so we have uh one or two days to practice but uh excited to start and it just goes to show the standard of this match now a lot of viewers who’s been watching this event over for the last few days I’m not surprised Amir Ali is in the top 16 he’s done a great achievement the viewers who haven’t met him is he’s not a World Tour player what an achievement it is to get to this stage yeah honestly for me it’s actually not a surprise I was talking to the guys last night and for me top two guys to actually win this tournament for me one is uh Amir and the other one uh might be like Alex kazakis but um I mean he definitely has it in him to win this tournament he plays so simple he gets the job done he just needs to stick with it and just don’t get too excited too quickly and I think he can do it for sure and that’s a secret not to get too excited now this ail he’s taking his time he has a stop clock 40 seconds a shot he has an extension as well well I think he’s fine it I mean it shows how mature he is because as he’s taking his time he doesn’t want to rush it he just needs to uh stun it in maybe uh cball hits the cushion comes back a few inches and is perfect for the 10 so this for 84 can he make this eight and hold for the 10 and it shows that he knows it’s such an important shot even though it’s simple but it’s like super important to make it and just hold it for the 10 for 84 very well played very well executed on that 10 ball to make it 84 and Posta make a comeback going to have to wait and see Zena do you feel we could uh it honestly it depends if he can get a few break runs going then for sure if not uh at 84 down if your break doesn’t work and you don’t do too many break runs it’s just going to be a grind match and uh it’s just going to be very difficult but he needs to somehow find a break and uh manage to string a couple of bre runs and hope for Amir to make a few mistakes too absolutely and Amir has made only one human error to be fair by missing one ball so it’s going to be very very difficult for Costa and when we looked at the match yesterday Cena when Amir beat John MOA yes that was incredible 92 yeah I watched a little bit I mean uh I’m really capitalized on like every mistake John Mora did and uh good I’m so glad and I’m so happy for him that we have such a great player in the region who can you know defend the whole region pretty much as we see the seven disappear but the QQ ball is I well the one difficult shot is but the positive thing at least he made the ball on the break and he has control he can do a safety stop the uh call the one in the corner actually uh try to make it off the three and uh hold the Q ball behind the two if it goes in he has an Open Table he can make the two in the corner if not he has a guarantee of a safety too but uh we don’t see the full angle it might the angle might not be there but that could be the shot and there was some upsets in this tournament only to watch Joshua filler the WPA rank number one lose in the second round and the third round and that was a great surprise to see Josh lose such a great player on day one that was a great surprise and he lost to another player from the region uh Muhammad Liber Jai from Lebanon from Lebanon which is I mean it’s great to see I mean that’s why uh it’s so good to have this tournaments in like Qatar because a lot of players who you usually don’t see uh traveling worldwide they can come and show their skill and uh for the world to see like there are great players here and uh it’s not uh uh it’s not the only the European players or us players or like Filipinos who can just compete as we see the white disappear the frustration for p Costa can only look on as a 94 is a possibility and it’s nice to have the knowledge of somebody with me T I tend to be on my own on many of times but it’s always nice to have you here you yeah it’s not a it’s not an easy job for you to do it like all day but but you you definitely have the knowledge to and uh but it’s it’s good to have some help I’m sure and the most important thing is see where are you traveling next well lately I’ve been mostly traveling to China and my next tournament uh is also in China for the aall grand Masters in a couple months so uh we’ll see what happens and you’ve enjoyed this tournament and of course we just mentioned it you’re here for the Asian championships as well that’ll be a great performance if you get a result there inall as long as the break work the rest could be easy but uh getting the breakdown is not always the easy sorry for interrupting you do you see Costa leaning back there is that psychological sorry for interrupting was that the psychological mental barrier you go through well he knew I mean uh especially with Amy R he is such an efficient player uh giving him ball in hand was the only thing pretty much he didn’t want to do and he knows like uh this is this rack is almost guaranteed to be over uh so it should be 94 soon and from 9:4 to turn around I mean it it’s very difficult and Costa knows that so this game is starting to slip away from Costa he knows he had a chance but the reality is the psychological game is creeping in how do you deal with the psychological side of the game when you’re losing well you just need to keep calm I mean just stick to the cliches really just breathe keep calm and just uh wait for your chances to come and when they do come you need to finish it’s just going to shoot this soft uh yeah yeah clever move the 10 uh move the eight ball sorry um now it’s actually a little bit tricky cuz um he either has to stun the five to uh bring it to the side rail on the right or just uh he can also draw it with bottom left with two cushions but uh let’s see what he does maybe I think he’s going top right to bring it to the left side of the table that’s actually a good choice yes the speed of the cloth yeah that that’s why it was tricky for me he should have just uh float the Q ball past the eight so he had more angle to just make the five and bring the CU ball down of the table now because you play in big tournaments and this is the highest prize money in the world for 10 B tournament 100,000 for the winner it is lifechanging and how would that affected your life with a 100,000 in the bank well it definitely gives you some guarantee and you know peace of mind and uh most importantly confidence uh to say the least for the upcoming events but the money is always nice but uh for me if I win it it’s like mostly for me the trophy would mean a lot more than the money actually wow the title of becoming crowned Champion out of 128 that was a great safety H it WPA ranking list what are you ranked at the moment Cena at your rankings with a few points have you gone up in the rankings or I haven’t looked actually but the last time I looked looked uh a couple months ago I was around like the 50th in the world but I haven’t played too many events actually um lately I’ve been playing hayball so I can’t travel too much for the pool events which do you prefer the ha ball or the pool uh for me ha ball is a no-brainer because it’s just uh the lock involves very less and then and you have to be very precise which is uh which is what I prefer actually yes so but pool is always exciting but the excitement is mostly for the fans for the players is just pressure a lot of the times and we when we talk about ha congratulations to guar Sports Federation for having two events in the year it’s the Asian championships and it’s the Asian open where they had 64 players representing in the countries and it’s great to see you in that one as well yeah thank you very much yeah Qatar is doing a lot for the region they’re hosting snooker event events H ball events pool events and pretty soon I think they’re going to have carry him and everything that’s incredible game but as we watch now Amir is starting his strength in his matches what I’ve seen him do is called ey of the lion he doesn’t give in he takes away this match with so much strength he doesn’t look at the scoreboard he just keeps getting stronger and stronger as we watch this formality 9 H for the 10 to take a 94 lead and go into the quarterfinals very shortly can he make it this needs three more racks after this 10 disappears and the strength here yeah he has he has such a uh calm character and one thing that I’ve uh paid attention to uh his game he just doesn’t care uh if he plays a world champion or his opponent has a big name he just does what he knows he can do best and he just gets oned and I think that helps him a lot uh he plays simple he doesn’t try to be a showman or just do fancy stuff and uh that’s actually what you want in like big events yes exactly the lion is roaring here in the top six team and we are all of us are witnessing great performance of air and Costa come back just going to have to wait to see at this point Costa just needs to hope for Amiri to make mistake otherwise I mean the Gap is uh so much that it’s like very hard to come back unless Amir starts to uh maybe miss a few or just make make some mistakes but we have definitely seen uh things happening like uh comebacks of this nature but uh we’ll just have to wait and see and that’s very kind of you and uh my special guest in the in the commentary Booth is Cena who is a professional pool player travels the world as we watch the cual kiss as I said these are the mistakes Costa need to capitalize on yes the lion is hungry and he will be well fed with the prized money is incredible now the difference in the prize money from winning this match is it 2,000 uh I believe the players in top 16 get uh 5,000 and uh the next round so whoever wins will get eight guaranteed $8,000 so the difference is at least $3,000 yeah that’s what I meant but then we are starting to get in the absolute beautiful side of prize money the runner up will receive $40,000 us yeah which is a lot of money a bit of a difference between 40,000 and 100,000 that’s 60,000 difference yeah that’s 60,000 more reasons to be in pressure so so here Costa probably wants to uh either stun the Q ball one rail or follow it with two rails and just uh bring it in the middle of the table I think there’s a result um there was a big round of applause so I think Daniel has won 116 not 100% sure or yeah oh there’s some big results coming in Jeffrey and Alber ocean seven a piece oh got great news here for Muhammad fans he’s 108 up on Chang yeah I’m sure when Muhammad uh finishes we’re going to hear big clubs yeah it’s going to be incredible and he is an incredible player as well so is the Middle East catching up with the rest of the world oh yeah 100% in the past uh I would say like two three years the Middle East players have uh gained a lot of confidence which is like very important but before I think that’s what uh most players in the region uh lacked was like uh the exposure and the confidence to play with the top players but with recent events in the region uh it’s showing like uh how important it is to host uh the these big events and invite the top players to come to your region so everybody can show their skill and just not be scared of big competitions and that’s so important when because a lot of people can’t a lot of players for instance Amir even though he’s 9 full op he can’t travel the world yes and and and he is showing when players come to his home countries around in the Middle East he has put it on the best performance and this is why he has that title as the greatest Middle East player yes 100% I mean I know him personally and uh I would think if he could actually travel the world he could uh probably by now have a big title in his name but uh it’s just uh you need the experience of playing big events and if uh you don’t travel it’s just going to be tough to achieve and we’re talking about titles how big is this title to have the highest paid in tournament for temple history what would that mean to the pool world that a gentleman from the Middle East has won it what message does that send to the rest of the world uh it’s going to be huge to have this event in the region and especially if a player from the region wins it it’s just going to be amazing for all of us so I hope one of the guys Amir Ali or Muhammad can actually do it and you know keep the prize in the region well he’s on the H Hill Muhammad is on the hill and Chang is for the first time in the tournament trailed because he went through incredible perform and all of a sudden Muhammad is on 10 and Chang is on eight one required and we have got a Rizo 117 win for Daniel so congratulations to him and Jeffrey versus Alin looks like a very close match Jeffrey is up 87 now uh one thing I would like to say about Muhammad sorry Ali Amir Ali he’s got thousands and thousands of followers yeah yeah I mean he he’s a very he’s actually a very likable guy I mean oh he’s amazing yeah yeah I mean you you talk to him for two seconds you know how he just has a lovely uh personality so it’s just hard to not love him and he’s a good guy uh very calm great player I mean that’s what you want to see in a champion and this is how he greets me he does that raw with his hand he goes he does that his English isn’t too good but when he sees me he does the roar isn’t that what a lion would do so he has a lovely T-shirt oh yeah always always whoever does his T-shirt is incredible so if you get a chance oh somebody’s just won and I’ve got a feeling it has to be Muhammad yeah Muhammad Muhammad’s won I got a feeling and Chang it hasn’t yeah Muhammad’s won with that big raw here so congratulations thank you guys it’s an honor to be with you today it’s lovely to have somebody in the commentary absolutely pleasure sometimes I’m all all on my own I feel like a oh no no no no did you see that this could have been a possible 96 but he’s played Safety now there’s never been one game one on three fouls in a row on the TV table and it’s so difficult to get free fouls yeah with the kills of these players I mean uh it’s very difficult to get three fouls um so and a lot of players actually wouldn’t try it unless there are like big clusters uh if you have ball in hand on a pool table you try to uh go through and just run the I just need to apologize to the fans the scores just come up the gentleman from Philippines has won 116 we thought it was Muhammad but it’s still 10 so Amir really just needs to make sure he goes uh through the track and just uh win this track and just make it uh much more difficult for Costa to come back and there was oh look at this look at all the fans there for this match this will this will get packed very shortly as the game goes down the biggest crowd we had was when Alex Pion lost his match on the TV table Yeah well Alex is a lovely character everybody loves to see him so I wouldn’t be surprised to uh have like the biggest fan uh for his match actually yeah and Alex didn’t and it was bit of a weird match to be fair when he lost but uh he’s such a character as we watch Amir Ali here take the seven hold for the eight frees for the nine and the 10 for the hill can he make it just have to wait and see but right now he has put in a lion performance yeah that’s what he does best he puts himself like with his CU ball control he he puts himself in like very good situations all the time that he doesn’t have to work for it that much and um if if you’re trying to get to this deep of the tournament you need to do that all the time just make it as easy as possible for yourself you see now the formality nine he hasn’t missed he’s only missed one ball and this is unmissable because he knows that this is to go to the hill so another round of applause it’s all happening in the arena so I wonder if Muhammad’s won there oh was it Mario he he just W 116 big round of applause we can hear the echo here this one has to be Muhammad yeah this is Muhammad Muhammad’s got to have won surely will that be Muhammad we have to wait for the results to come through and uh that would be great news for the Middle East 100% lovely to see so if you’ve just joined us my special guest with me is a professional pool player Cena and having your knowledge with me I see it a little bit different you see it a little bit different it’s controversial how they all play different but it’s lovely to have your knowledge with me thank you very much yeah every player has their own uh way of playing I mean especially in pool there is not one way to play you can play like different uh positions like you can be more creative as opposed to a snooker which usually uh the right way is the only way a lot of times yes but in pool I mean there’s a lot of creativity and each player has their own special way of playing so this could be the last Rack in this match Amir Ali will he run the table and be crowned a quarterfinal of this championships and the answer is was a beautiful break beautiful and the answer is not sure well he uh it’s it’s not too bad actually he can cut the one in go uh two or possibly three three rails and I like your hand signals the viewers can’t see it only you can see it I can avoid it like a sword like your sword there right so uh two or three rails to bring the c bar close to where the one is and from there um two to three a little tricky but the good thing is uh if he makes if he makes the three and get to the four the rest is formality so big results are coming in and the Middle East have got two players in the quarterfinals let’s see the draw is there who plays who who would if air wins who would he play and who does Muhammad Sophie play so we’re just going to look for you sorry for my screen you have a look thank you very much for putting all the scores up well Amy really plays uh with the winner of Jeffrey Delona and Alin Ain so that would be a great match also that would be incredible match you know that this match could be over but there’s still a long way to go he puts himself in a good spot actually I know it’s a it’s a tough shot but he just needs to draw it half the table uh the four is there and uh as long as he can see the four I think he can uh manage to finish the rack so this could be the shot of the match draw back for the four out for the five cuz you take the five possibly in the middle would you go for the middle well depends on the angle he get for the four but uh if he has to for sure you never need to force the angles if that the angle you get that’s what you need to work with wasn’t that a fantastic shot he just doesn’t want it to be straight and I think he has a little bit angle to maybe go two rails or actually just make it and give himself a tougher shot on the five but make sure the four is in would you come back again one day are you are you here for a couple more days I’m here for uh the Asian so I’ll be here for the whole week I would like you to come back to my studio sure you like the studio yeah yeah the studio I’ve never actually been here but it’s fun but we have this for the five in the middle is it in no he’s gone for the corner that’s actually a good shot it’s a it’s a tough shot but at least he gave himself uh a shot that if he makes he is guaranteed for the six anywhere Q ball is stops he’s good he just needs to make sure to uh stay still and just uh make the shot so we’re at the closing stage now Amir will take this on to the corner there and well he’s got not the cleanest of shots but he got the job done beautiful shot and on behalf of CAS Sports Federation we say thank you to all of you who’s tuned in this is broadcasted all over the world the live stream has been feeding all the TV channels and millions are watching around the world and Cena thank you very very much for joining me I know it’s not over but right now this nineball is a formality for his ability as one of the greatest or in fact an incredible player in the Middle East nine to the 10 over to you Cena you take it away well I he he doesn’t look like he’s under pressure but I’m sure he is but as the he has such a character character to keep himself calm and just uh oh he wants this white to stop great shot great shot and 10 for the win and uh it’s amazing to see like two player from the region in top eight and hopefully they can both go through and maybe we see a a final with only uh Middle East players on behalf of everybody that’s goodbye from ma goodbye everybody and join us at 4:00 as we go live around the world thank you s thanks Psy for having me you’re welcome [Music] [Applause] [Music] oh [Music] [Music] [Applause] okay [Music] n [Music] [Music] [Applause] come on [Music] a 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