Eight Indian cueists entered the pre-quarterfinals of the world billiards championship after registering contrasting victories in their respective last-32 round matches here on Thursday.
In a major upset, seven-time world champion Geet Sethi lost to Arun Agrawal 2-4.
Fine form
Defending champion Rupesh Shah continued his fine form in the short 150-up format, beating Christopher Taylor of England 4-0, while Ashok Shandilya prevailed over England’s Robin Wilson 4-3.
Siddharth Parekh blanked Kien Nguyen Trung of Vietnam 4-0.
The results:
Rupesh Shah bt Christopher Taylor (Eng) 4-0 (150-34, 150-12, 150-36, 150-19); Ashok Shandilya bt Robin Wilson (Eng) 4-3 (150-95, 150-103, 150-85, 99-150, 85-150, 72-150, 150-36); Siddharth Parekh bt Kien Nguyen Trung (Vie) 4-0 (150-64, 150-82, 150-100, 150-61); B. Bhaskar bt D. Raj Kumar 4-0 (150-23, 150-70, 150-64, 150-50); Dhruv Sitwala bt Neil Bolton (Aus) 4-0 (150-65, 150-110, 150-124, 150-55); Devendra Joshi bt Peter Shelly (Eng) 4-1 (150-112, 150-07, 150-138, 143-150, 150-00).
Arun Agrawal bt Geet Sethi 4-2 (93-150, 150-55, 150-19, 150-142, 140-150, 150-117); Subramanian Venkateswaran lost to David Causier 0-4 (65-150, 57-150, 126-150, 68-150); Dhvaj Haria lost to Mathew Bolton (Aus) 0-4 (65-150, 42-150, 76-150, 143-150).
Sourav Kothari lost to Peter Gilchrist (Eng) 2-4 (150-36, 111-150, 25-150, 150-84, 24-150, 08-150).
