Sunday, September 06, 2009

Billiards News
At World Professional Billiards 2009, Leeds, England

Semi Finals
Mike Russell (QAT) bt Rupesh Shah (IND) 1366-880
Pankaj Advani (IND) bt Dhruv Sitwala (IND) 1037-972

Quarter Finals
Mike Russell (QAT) bt B. Bhaskar (IND) 1271-419
Rupesh Shah (IND) bt Martin Goodwill (ENG) 545-394
Pankaj Advani (IND) bt David Causier (ENG) 896-782
Dhruv Sitwala (IND) bt Peter Gilchrist (SIN) 872-399

Group A
Rupesh Shah (IND) bt Ian Williamson (ENG) 480-249
Devendra Joshi (IND) l Mike Russell (QAT) 439-703
Rupesh Shah (IND) l Mike Russell (QAT) 945-211
Devendra Joshi (IND) bt Ian Williamson (ENG) 615-237
Rupesh Shah (IND) bt Devendra Joshi (IND) 485-309

Group B
Saurav Kothari (IND) bt Gary Rogers (ENG) 730-317
B. Bhaskar (IND) l Martin Goodwill (ENG) 400-567
Saurav Kothari (IND) l Martin Goodwill (ENG) 394-413
B. Bhaskar (IND) bt Gary Rogers (ENG) 529-295
B. Bhaskar (IND) bt Saurav Kothari (IND) 779-333

Group D
Geet Sethi (IND) bt Robert Hall (ENG) 1329-206
Pankaj Advani (IND) bt Michael Kreuziger (AUT) 1169-159
Dhruv Sitwala (IND) bt Michael Kreuziger (AUT) 957-154
Pankaj Advani (IND) bt Geet Sethi (IND) 818-482
Dhruv Sitwala (IND) bt Robert Hall (ENG) 1010-228
Geet Sethi (IND) bt Michael Kreuziger (AUT) 1247-185
Pankaj Advani (IND) bt Robert Hall (ENG) 787-394
Dhruv Sitwala (IND) bt Pankaj Advani (IND) 731-495
Dhruv Sitwala (IND) bt Geet Sethi (IND) 629-383

As usual big Indian contingent participated in it ... In shocking event 5 times Pro Billiards World champion Geet Sethi lost in group stage.

4 Indians reached in quarters and 3 managed to reach in semis ... In semis Pankaj won see-saw battle against Dhruv, with whom he lost in group stage ... Now in the final current IBSF World Champion Pankaj Advani facing defending Pro Billiards World champion and defending champion Mike Russell.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Pankaj is IBSF World Champion, not Amateur World Champion. There is no such thing as amateur in billiards. He is a professional playing IBSF. If he was amateur, then how would he be allowed to play in both the leagues?
IBSF and WPBSA are parallel bodies and conduct their own world championships.

Jay said...

Thanks for pointing my mistake ... Updated above post.

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