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Kuchey and Loh enter knock-out phase

Avinash Nair

VASCO (Goa): The penultimate day of the league stage in the Vascon-Manisha IBSF World under-21 snooker tournament here on Monday witnessed emotions in different forms surfacing.

And surprises did not cease either. China’s Li Hang for the second successive day lost to a much lesser player, this time to John Loh of Malaysia.

The 4-1 win for Loh also enabled the Malaysian to enter the round of 32 as the fourth qualifier from Group ‘D’ at the expense of Shahbaaz Adil Khan. The Indian with a frame score of 14-14 lost out to the Malaysian, who had a marginally superior frame score of 16-14.

Among other Indian’s Rishabh Pandya crashed to back to back defeats in Group ‘F’, while Balaji Reddy made an ignominious exit from the championship suffering his fifth defeat in six matches.

However there was cheer for India’s Younsi Kuchey who cashed in on his fourth win in Group ‘C’ to make it to the knock-out phase round of 32.

Pushpender posts win

Pushpender Singh too strengthened his chances, beating Netherlands Sohrabi Arya 4-1.

Michael Georgiou and Robbie Williams both of England too had a forgettable day. While Michael fell to the guiles of gutsy Anda Zhang of China 2-4 Robbie was stunned by El Shrbene Yasser of Egypt.

In the girls’ section, Ramonna Belmont of New Zealand was made to bite the dust in the evening session by Hong Kong’s Ng On Yee 3-0. This was her first defeat. The results: Boys: Group ‘A’: Ali Al Obaidly (Qat) bt Gailums Tomass (Lat) 4-1 (56-30, 72-15, 39-49, 55-23, 57-30); Anda Zhang (Chn) bt Michael Georgiou (Eng) 4-2 (67-2, 97(76)-13, 0-62, 59-52, 25-59, 98(84)-15); Ahmed Ghul am Muanedi (Bah) bt Gailums 4-0 (69-44, 67-22, 57-53, 101(51)-8); Pushpender Singh (Ind) bt Sohrabi Arya (Ned) 4-1.

Group ‘B’: Moh Keen Hoo (Mal) bt Omar Alkojah (Syr) 4-1 (48-27, 104(76)-0, 63-73, 100-13, 63-9); David Meier-Bailey (NZ) bt Balaji Reddy (Ind) 4-2 (34-52, 60-46, 24-65, 61-33, 64-26, 66-27); Vincent Muldoom (Ire) bt Abdul R ahman Saif Al Shamsi (UAE) 4-1 (68-31, 57-67, 70-48, 66-50, 84-12).

Group ‘C’: Pramual Jantad (Tha) bt Davy Pauly (Bel) 4-1 (96(74)-27, 21-64, 65-11, 71-41, 70-36); Younis Kuchey (Ind) bt Nedal Al-Bakshy (KSA) 4-1 (25-58, 67-23, 75-33, 66-33, 50-34); Lim Jia Sheng (Sin) bt Hussein Alwatani (Bah) 4-1 (41-49, 75-16, 48-30, 80-27, 79-7); Lim Jia Sheng bt Colvin ’Brien (Ire) 4-2 (64-24, 0-76, 59-36, 44-61, 90-0, 51-6).

Group ‘D’: Shahbaaz Adil Khan (Ind) bt Hussein Alwatani (Bah) 4-0 (62-21, 71-30, 68-5, 71-31); John Loh (Mal) bt Li Hang (Chn) 4-1 (64-12, 68-38, 0-105(105), 75-68, 57-12); Marc Davis (Sco) bt Kristof Vermeiren (Bel) 4-3 (2 4-69, 71-34, 7-75, 47-57, 60-24, 70-29, 71-32); Marc Davis (Sco) bt El Agamy Ehaab (Egy) 4-0 (58-22, 49-4, 61-16, 57-38).

Group ‘E’: Mriusz Sirko (Pol) bt Shannon Swain (NZ) 4-1 (53-20, 74-10, 57-18, 55-73, 54-37); Thor Chuan Leong (Mal) bt Khamis Al Obaidly (Qat) 4-0 (55-11, 55-31, 65-48, 53-45); El Shrbene Yasser (Egy) bt Robbie Williams (En g) 4-2 (51-37, 64-52, 29-69, 10-78, 58-31, 67-5); El Shrbene (Egy) bt Ajay Bhushan (Ind) 4-2 (45-75, 77-16, 68-44, 74-56, 58-65, 78-38).

Group ‘F’: Jonathan Wells (N. Ire) bt Abdullah Al-Sobhy (KSA) 4-0 (68-23, 62-3, 62-42, 74-30); Hussein Mahmod (Bah) bt Christoffer Koba (Swe) 4-2 (59-53, 68-0, 62-41, 42-51, 52-76, 60-8); Yu Delu (Chn) bt Rishabh Pandya (In d) 4-0 (83(75)-1, 98(84)-0, 70-44, 70-8); Daniel Faddoul (Aus) bt Abdullah Al-Sobhy 4-0 (88-12, 72-32, 123(56)-2, 53-44);Daniel Wells (Wal) bt Rishabh 4-0 (66-42, 58-48, 111(111)-0, 66-26).

Group ‘G’: Stephen Ellis (Wal) bt Shivam Arora (Ind) 4-1 (74-8, 57-29, 72-0, 44-61, 76-7); Ryan Knott (NZ) bt Abdulla Ibrahim Hassim Abdulla (UAE) 4-3 (65-29, 59-42, 30-58, 40-57, 54-14, 14-76, 64-27); Passakorn Suwannawat (Tha) bt Douglas Appelberg (Swe) 4-0 (96-1, 76-40, 58-10, 63-40); Jordan Brown (N. Ire) bt Abdulla Ibrahim Hassim Abdulla 4-0 (65-37, 66-8, 54-6, 66-15).

Group ‘H’: Shravan Mohta (Ind) bt Michal Zielinski (Pol) 4-0 (63-9, 82-64, 66-47, 61-49); Joeri Reisig (Ned) bt Mohanna Al Obaidly (Qat) 4-0 (57-49, 45-28, 61-27, 63-9); Giovanni Duquenois (Bel) bt Adam Grabish (Aus) 4-1 (4 7-29, 59-54, 60-57, 15-51, 60-27);David O’Sullivan (Ire) bt Giovanni 4-2 (56-29, 61-68, 30-59, 62-27, 56-24, 83-70).

Girls: Ng On Yee (Hkg) bt Ramona Belmont (NZ) 3-0 (51-28, 58-22, 72-31); Hasani Armaghan (Irn) bt Aakanksha Singh (Ind) 3-1 (39-22, 47-39, 37-52, 41-29); Lavanya Bhaskaran (Ind) bt Parsan Keynezhad (Irn) 3-1 (40-22, 24-58, 54-21, 58-51 ); Bi Zhuqing (Chn) bt Arantxa Sanchis (Ind) 3-0 (64-32, 64-41, 54-24).

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