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At ISBF World Billiards Championship, Pune (Time Format)

Group A
Ashok Shandilya 641 (193, 115, 90) bt Na Thway Oo 613 (202) (Avg - 13.33)
Pankaj Advani 1175 (266, 146, 119) bt Aidan Murray 598 (75)
Phil Mumford 731 (90, 81, 59) bt Aidan Murray 547
Pankaj Advani 1481 (222, 179, 166, 146, 145, 127, 109) bt Ashok Shandilya 828 (143, 138, 93, 91)

Group B
Kyaw Oo 1001 (220, 159, 149, 103, 81) bt B. Bhaskar 522 (131, 127, 86, 86)
Geet Sethi 1950 (547, 501, 198, 190, 131, 90) bt Tae Hoon Jung 249
Alok Kumar 1495 (339, 209, 123, 110, 102, 95, 78, 58) bt Tae Hoon Jung 369 (64)
Geet Sethi 1583 (309, 264, 163, 140, 140, 116, 71, 70, 68) bt B. Bhaskar 628 (150, 103, 89, 76, 59)

Group C
Dhruv Sitwala 1039 (331, 198, 162, 146) bt Peter Gilchrist 942 (408, 257, 98)
Gary Oliver 766 (88) bt Min Hu Baek 442
Billy Bousfield 924 (93, 86, 68, 61, 55) bt Min Hu Baek 488
Dhruv Sitwala 1131 (287, 244, 117, 92, 76, 54) bt Gary Oliver 546 (112)

Group D
Mike Russell 1644 (753, 243, 177, 165, 110) bt Devendra Joshi 671 (198, 97, 96) (Avg - 29.17)
Rupesh Shah 1582 (334, 139, 123, 118, 110, 97, 84, 79, 77) bt Abdul Omar 294
Rupesh Shah 1417 (306, 238, 195, 98, 54, 53) bt Chul Ho Hwang 281
Mike Russell 1680 (622, 308, 139, 109, 105, 69, 60, 52) bt Abdul Omar 406 (58)

Mike defeated Devendra by almost 1000 pts and in that he scored another break over 750 pts and in evening session he scored another 600+ break ... In all 4 matches Mike scored 1 break over 600+ showing his class ... But biggest margin win scored by Geet and in that he also scored two 500+ pts breaks showing he is also getting form ... Dhruv again defeated Peter in thrilling match.

Mike and Dhruv are qualified for quarter-finals winning all their matches ... Ashok Shandilya also secured his place from Group A ... As Geet and Pankanj r in line to win their respective groups ... Also from Group D winner betweeen Rupesh and Devendra will join Mike in quarters.