Snooker News
At IBSF World Snooker Championship 2010, Damascus, Syria

Knock-Out Stage - Men
[R1] Pankaj Advani (IND) bye
[R2] Pankaj Advani (IND) bt Mohd. Al Joaker (UAE) 5-4 (66(66)-65, 119(53)-16, 05-80, 16-83(53), 47-57, 66-39, 68-54, 50-66, 72-26)
[R3] Pankaj Advani (IND) bt Mohd. Rais Sen Zahi (AFG) 5-2 (60-40, 110(109)-15, 114(114)-00, 73-69, 00-73, 41-68, 68-21)

[QF] Pankaj Advani (IND) vs Moh Keen Hoo (MAL)

Knock-Out Stage - Women
[R1] Anuja Chandra (IND) bt Inese Lukashevska (LAT) 4-0 (59-48, 67-21, 81-39, 48-27)
[R1] Vidya Pillai (IND) bt Kathy Parashis (AUS) 4-2 (48-04, 73-38, 59-27, 42-70, 46(45)-81, 66-03)
[R1] Chitra Magimairaj (IND) bt Irina Gorbataya (RUS) 4-0 (92-23, 66-48, 74-18, 67-27)
[R1] R. Uma Devi (IND) l Hannah Jones (ENG) 0-4 (29-62(40), 49-56, 36-52, 36-64)

[QF] Anuja Chandra (IND) l Ng On Yee (HKG) 3-4 (07-65, 54-49, 06-77, 102(52)-19, 49-54, 75-40, 40-53)
[QF] Vidya Pillai (IND) bt Chitra Magimairaj (IND) 4-0 (63-43, 73-02, 75-05, 60-40)

[SF] Vidya Pillai (IND) vs Ng On Yee (HKG)

Pankaj and Yasin Merchant participated in men event ... Yasin failed to qualify for knock-out stage ... But other hand Pankaj won all his matches in Group E and that recieved him seeding with first round bye.

In second round he had tough challenge from Joaker, who stretched him to the fullest ... In round three he sored comfortable win against Afgani opponent ... In quarter he is facing Malaysian.

In women event our four women in knockout stage ... Uma Devi lost in first round ... Anuja lost close match against Hong Kong player in quarters ... Chitra couldn't match Vidya ... Now in semis Vidya is facing Ng On Yee.