“I dreamed of reaching the semi-finals, and I presented everything I have, but this is billiards, the small details resolve the confrontations.” With these words, the Iraqi player, Amir Ali, started his speech to the “Middle East” after his painful release from the World Billiard Championships, after losing in the quarter-finals against Albani Cladio Kacchi 11-9.
️ | The Iraqi player, Amir Ali, speaks to Asharq Al-Awsat after qualifying for the 16th round:-The match was never easy for my great desire to reach advanced positions in the championship, and I am fully aware of my next opponent style. #Al -Blalardo Championship pic.twitter.com/ajwuvubi4f
– Middle East – Sports (@AAWSAT_SPT) July 24, 2025
Amir, who impressed his performance and mental stability since the start of the championship, had made his way with four consecutive victories that put him in the spotlight as one of the most prominent Arabic names in the second edition of Jeddah. In his recent confrontation against Kachi, 33th Kacchi, he showed a combat personality despite his opponent’s progress in the first half, as he managed to return strongly and reduce the difference, and even advance in the number of runs 9 against 8, before losing control of the recent details and losing by a small difference.
Amir stressed that the Arab mass support in the championship had a great impact on his motivation, and that this experience will remain a milestone in his career. He said: “I am proud of what I have achieved here, and everyone has prepared that the next will be stronger.”
️ | Fedor Gorst, world champion for billiards 2024, for “Al -Sharq Al -Awsat” after qualifying for a semi -finals #Al -Blalardo Championship:- Happy with my performance today, despite the great tension in the quarter-finals. The Iraqi player, Amir Ali, is great, and he will be a strong opponent if we meet tomorrow. pic.twitter.com/noay8ladds
– Middle East – Sports (@AAWSAT_SPT) July 25, 2025
In a parallel context, the American Fedor Gors, who qualified for the semi -finals, praised the performance of Amir Ali, saying in his interview with Asharq Al -Awsat: “I expected to face a prince in the semi -finals, because he had a very great style of introducing balls, and he is one of the players who deserve to be present in the major championships.”
Gors also spoke about his fifth day in the championship, during which he played the round of 16 and a quarter of the final, where he beat Austrian Mario He is in a meeting that appeared under his full control, before playing a difficult confrontation against Indonesian Jeffrey Roda, and said about it: “I put the ninth ball because I was a little tremor … It was not an ordinary match, but the quarter -finals. But I came back quickly and ended the next half with all its balls. ”
“I am very happy,” he added. I think I have a dominant day in both confrontations. ”
With this, Gors remains one of the most prominent candidates for the title, while Amir Ali has come out with the head of the head, and his name was established as one of the brightest Arab names emerging in the sky of the world billiards.
