One to Watch: Farakh Ajaib vs Mark Allen | 2022-2 European Masters L128 ‒ Snooker

Match date: 22 July 2022

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[NM-epbg]

there’s a dearth of quality Asian players (barring China). I remember aditya Mehta and pankaj advani and both never met the standards of highest level of snooker. But this guy Farakh Ajaib looks formidable and has a bright future. Want him to rise high. I became his fan. Love from India 🇮🇳

[vivekpv]

Ys this match and against the Trump will remember farakh in his life time one is truely outstanding nd the other is lack of unluck once àgain thank you Cesar muroya need to see the 1M subs as quickly all the best

[nabeelawan]

Come on Farakh, Fearless confident potting by Farakh Ajaib, cant wait to see him get his first title win one day. Pakistan zindabaad

[FloydMaxwell]

Great quote at the start. Amazing how important are the quotes that occupy our thinking.

[kumailkazmi]

Glad to see Pakistani representation in professional circuit. I don't think much people are really aware of how big actually snooker is here. About 5 million people walk in snooker clubs every weekend in here. Quality will only improve when they get opportunities like Q- School Thailand from where our two top seeds qualified this year(Asif & Asjad), but if you wanna talk about quantity of players there is a massive pool of decent cueist here.

[hasnainraja]

Farah ajaib brilliant 👍 great match well played both

[muhammadnaumansipas]

👌👌👌happy to see . Some shots are very professional .

[nadirkhan]

Ajab's long potting is definitely on point. But both players have such a defensive mindset. The whole game was each player waiting for the other to commit a mistake. That won't take him far against players that wil give him a taste of his own medicine, like the Selby's of the world.

Also, if he could focus more on break building instead of finding spots to hide the ball, he'd be a much more formidable player.

All the best to him.

[afreeeenarbaazali]

Farah What an attacking player Never played safety pots just gon for the attacking
Great Future ahead Brother Love the way you play🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[pouletbelette]

Yeah, Ajaib definitely has something (not sure what) but he also definitely misses something! Curious to see how he progresses. It wasn't Allen's best snooker either, was it?

[EannaButler]

Ajaib plays the game like it means nothing, when it means everything. A great basis for a fine career in snooker, especially when he has the potting skills to back it up. Even has the long draw-back of the cue, accelerating thru the ball, it looks like Judd's action. Addressing the ball too, cue up high, shoulders raised and wide, again very Judd. More matchplay action, study Selby or Bingtao's patient safety play game, he'll be a real force in snooker. Wish him the very best!
Mark did seem to refuse some pots here that I wouldn't have expected too. Mark didn't try to win the match, he lacked Hendry-style aggression, looks like he underestimated his opponent too, which is a fatal flaw.
FYI Cesar, you can use a high-pass / low-cut filter/EQ to kill the low-end rumble in this video. Set it to about 100Hz, all the messy low end will disappear, means you can use a compressor to increase levels without confusing the detector... Happy to describe more if you wish!

[realcatcher]

well done farakh ajaib.. wish you best of luck in the future inshaAllah...

[AnsarAli-mebj]

There is something in this lad.
Very precise and confident long pots. Great break builder.
Poised and glimpses to get titles.
Must practice more.
Good luck.
Allan and Mark Williams are real slow deaths.

[hakeembabar]

Masha Allah
Congratulations
Farakh bhai

[cahg]

Ajaib played well enough to win-think he will be a player to watch for going forward.

[tonybarfridge]

Ajaib nearly lost it by brilliantly setting up Mark off his safety for that 56 break. But congrats to Mark for losing weight. Looking good.

[cricketwithbilal]

Outstanding from Pakistani player i have never seen before

[triggeredmusafir]

Love ajaib from lahore pakistan 🇵🇰 پاکستان زندہ باد 🇵🇰

[johnrupesh]

His positional game needs work but his potting is world class.

[zahamirza]

Farakh has good potting skills but he has to work alot on the cueball control because if you lost the cueball by an inch, you can miss the pot or compromise sy place of the next shot but still he is an excellent player from my country 'PAKISTAN' till now 🇵🇰♥️♥️