Saturday, August 27, 2011

Billiards News
At 2011 IBSF World Billiards Championship, Carlow, Ireland

Point Format
[SF] Pankaj Advani (India) vs Praput Chaithanasukan (Thailand)
[SF] Sourav Kothari (India) vs Mike Russell (England)

[QF] Praput Chaithanasukan (Thailand) bt Geet Sethi (India) 4-2 (134(100)-152, 150(140)-38, 47-150(75), 150(74)-53, 150-141(124), 150(82)-98(86))
[QF] Pankaj Advani (India) bt Peter Gilchrist (Singapore) 4-3 (150(121)-82, 00-151(151-U), 87-150(86-U), 150(85-U)-00, 14-150(141-U), 151(151-U)-00, 150(150-U)-04)
[QF] Mike Russell (England) bt Ashok Shandilya (India) 4-2 (150(116)-95(85), 145-150(148), 150-92, 150(145)-66, 56-150(118), 150(89)-66)
[QF] Sourav Kothari (India) bt Dhruv Sitwala (India) 4-2 (150(93)-32, 150(115)-125, 108-150, 150(85)-145(145), 110-150(121), 150(99)-40)

[PQF] Geet Sethi (India) bt Alok Kumar (India) 4-0 (150(103)-10, 150(87)-98, 150(76)-09, 150(110)-74)
[PQF] Peter Gilchrist (Singapore) bt Devendra Joshi (India) 4-0 (150(115)-114, 150-40, 153(151)-34, 157(157)-02)
[PQF] Pankaj Advani (India) bt B. Bhaskar (India) 4-0 (150-18, 150(150)-20, 150-38, 150(114)-124)
[PQF] Ashok Shandilya (India) bt Nay Thway Oo (Myanmar) 4-3 (150-60, 150-126, 76-150(91), 37-150(107), 89-150, 150(89)-107(77), 150(88)-20)
[PQF] Dhruv Sitwala (India) bt Matthew Bolton (Australia) 4-1 (150(131)-98, 95-150(71), 150(88)-71, 150(70)-35, 150(98)-106)
[PQF] Sourav Kothari (India) bt Rupesh Shah (India) 4-1 (150-45, 00-152(152-unf), 150-85, 150-83, 150(93)-53)

[R24] Geet Sethi (India) bt Thanh Binh Nguyen (Vietnam) 3-1 (150(98)-86, 150-47, 142-150(86), 150-68)
[R24] Devendra Joshi (India) bt Phil Mumford (England) 3-0 (150-63, 150(66, 67)-25, 153(151)-02)
[R24] B. Bhaskar (India) bt Aidan Murray (Ireland) 3-2 (150(121-unf)-39, 148-150, 04-150(148-unf), 150(150-unf)-00, 150(76-unf)-91)
[R24] Ashok Shandilya (India) bt Phil Martin (Ireland) 3-0 (150(85)-98, 150(60)-20, 150(91)-39)
[R24] Dhruv Sitwala (India) bt Brian Harvey (England) 3-0 (150(74-unf), 150-58, 150(73, 74-unf)-35)
[R24] Sourav Kothari (India) bt Kyaw Oo (Myanmar) 3-2 (79-150(82), 66-150, 150(120)-27, 150-125(107), 150(80, 67)-106(76))

In ongoing World Billiards Championship at Ireland, 9 Indians reached in the Round of 16 from group stage.

From that 5 Indians reached in quarter-finals ... In that Ashok Shandilya scored exciting win over Nay Thway Oo from 2-3 down ... In the quarterfinal, Geet lost in close match against Thai Praput Chaithanasukan ... Mike Russell defeated Ashok Shandilya ... In all Indians match Sourav defeated Rupesh to move into semis ... Pankaj also joined him with hard fought win from 2-3 dowm over very experienced Peter Gilchrist ... Both players produced lot many big unfinished breaks in this match.

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