Hyderabad: On a mixed day for the Indian
cueists in fray, Geet Sethi bit dust against Clive Thomson
(New Zealand) but star attraction Pankaj Advani and veteran
Yasin Merchant maintained their winning streaks in the
IBSF World Snooker Championship here on Tuesday.
In the Masters section, Sethi waged a grim battle before
going down 2-3 to Thomson in the Group B Round Robin clash.
Having lost the first two frames 42-50, 48-53, Sethi
rallied to draw parity by winning the next two frames but
Thomson prevailed in the decider, winning it 89-6.
In men's section, Pankaj Advani staved off a stiff
challenge from Phillip Williams of Wales to carve out a 4-3
win, his third straight triumph in Group A.
The babyfaced Indian cueist went 3-1 up before his
opponent won the next two frames and an alert Advani pocketed
the fifth frame 54-16 to maintain a clean slate in Group A.
In Group C, Merchant trounced American Ahmed Aly 4-2 for
his third straight win. In Group D, Manan Chandra had a field
day against Austrian Alexander Gauss, blanking him 4-0.
Among other Indians in the Men section, Sandeep Gulati
routed Ali Obaidly of Qatar 4-0, Shahbaz Khan spanked Pierre
Jordaan of South Africa 4-1 and Brijesh Damani thumped Leonard
Shanahan of Ireland 4-1.
In the Master section, K Venkatesham beat fellow Indian
Arvind Savur 3-2, Prabhakaran beat Bambos Kouzis of Cyprus
3-1, while Nadeem Ahmed blanked beat Emmanuel Jeandidier of
France 3-0.
Bureau Report
First Published: Tuesday, November 17, 2009, 18:46