Kamal Chawla’s run of five wins on the trot in Group F came to an end after the Railway cueist fumbled with a blue in the decider against Singapore’s Ang Boon Chin in a league stage match of the IBSF world snooker championship at the Sree Kanteerava Indoor stadium here on Monday.
The Indian was off to a slow start with some unintended in-offs. But, being the steely fighter that he is, Kamal managed to level at three after being 0-2 down.
In the decider, Kamal led 43-36, with a break of 39, and looked like pulling it off before botching the blue.
Boon Chin, who was slow but steady, clinched the frame for his fourth win in five matches.
In the women’s section, with Vidya Pillai and R. Umadevi losing from advantageous positions, young Arantxa Sanchis — who had problems with her vision — put it across fellow Indian Amee Kamani, roaring back from 0-2 down.
The results: Men:Group A: Shivam Arora (Ind) bt Cader Mohamed (Mau) 53-77, 55-44, 94-10, 89-0, 73-52.
Group E: Yan Bingtao (Chn) bt Ashutosh Padhy (Ind) 68-39, 61-51, 64-28, 74-9.
Group F: Ang Boon Chin (Sin) bt Kamal Chawla (Ind) 90-42, 50-11, 34-58, 61-6, 24-72, 0-79, 64-43; Matthew Bolton (Aus) bt Shahbaaz Adil Khan (Ind) 23-107, 65-43, 81-13, 13-99, 69-15, 84-19.
Group G: Chau Hon Man (HK) bt Alvin Barbero (Phl) 4-1; Jamie Clarke (Wal) bt Manan Chandra (Ind) 61-16, 5-69, 38-72, 67-0, 69-0, 83-25.
Group H: Chi Wai Au (HK) bt Paul Schopf (Aut) 4-1; Thadeu Giannattasio Nobres (Bra) bt Mike Toth (Sui) 4-0; Keen Hoo Moh (Mys) bt Lucky Vatnani (Ind) 19-114, 62-58, 116-2, 64-32, 67-60.
Group J: Lee Chun Wai (HK) bt Ajeya Prabhakar (US) 4-1; Rupesh Shah (Ind) bt Keishin Kamihashi (Jpn) 75-7, 54-48, 88-44, 77-46; Michael Judge (Ire) bt Mohd. Reza Hassan (Mas) 4-3.
Group K: Siyavosh Mozayani (Irn) bt Ryan Causton (Eng) 4-2.
Group L: Zhao Xintong (Chn) bt Muhammad Faaris Khan (RSA) 4-0; John Witty (Wal) bt Shyam Jagtiani (Ind) 4-1 (70-18, 78-59, 14-75, 67-20, 74-29); Mateusz Baranowski (Pol) bt Keng Kwang Chan (Sin) 4-2.
Group M: Lim Chun Kiat (Sin) bt Henrikas Strolis (Lit) 4-0; Sourav Kothari (Ind) bt Patryk Masowski (Pol) 4-0 (102 (68)-11, 66-23, 70-59, 53-46); Michael Mengorio (Phi) bt Mohammed Alshamsi (UAE) 4-2.
Group N: Tomasz Skalski (Bel) bt Ryan Thomerson (Aus) 4-1.
Group P: Muhammad Sajjad (Pak) bt Brijesh Damani (Ind) 74-20, 86-14, 69-1, 51-6; Farhan Mirza (Swe) bt I.V. Rajeev (Ind) 62-51, 63-1, 59-46, 52-50.
Group Q: Ehsan Heydari Nezhad (Irn) bt Nitesh Madan (Ind) 63-21, 4-83, 62-41, 5-66, 32-63, 67-19, 77-62; S. Dilip Kumar (Ind) bt Darren Paris (Sui) 69-40, 4-83, 62-41, 5-66,32-63, 67-19, 77-62. Group R: Soheil Vahedi (Irn) bt Sahil Nayyar (Ind) 75-9, 93-46, 9-65, 90-2, 63-51; Adrian Ridley (Aus) bt Balaji Reddy (Ind) 104-12, 90-23, 24-93, 33-86, 75-1, 79-36.
Women: Group A: Waratthanun Sukritthanes (Tha) bt Neena Praveen (Ind) 63-100, 81-18, 65-2, 62-27; Ip Wan In Jaique (HK) bt Kathy Parashis (Aus) 3-0; Wendy Jans (Bel) bt R. Umadevi (Ind) 17-59, 72-9, 73-27, 57-37.
Group B: Siraphat Chitchomnart (Tha) bt Akram Mohammadi Amini (Irn) 3-0; Arantxa Sanchis (Ind) bt Amee Kamani (Ind) 49-61, 10-53, 72-47, 70-36, 70-28.
Group C: Neeta Sanghvi (Ind) bt Fernanda Irineu (Bra) 49-10, 69-22, 55-17; Ng On Yee (HK) bt Vidya Pillai (Ind) 38-77, 67-32, 62-42, 2-53, 53-43.
Group E: Siripaporn Nuanthakhamjan (Tha) bt Suniti Damani (Ind) 72-58, 67-24, 60-10; Jessica Woods (Aus) bt Judy Walia (Ind) 21-60, 64-48, 41-63, 71-31, 60-50.
Group F: Daria Sirotina (Rus) bt Varsha Sanjeev (Ind) 38-56, 66-12, 60-19, 36-53, 57-33.
Masters (Indians only): Group A: Nadeem Ahmed (Ind) bt Paul Temple (NZ) 74-31, 80-1, 78-8.
Group B: K.S. Naveen Kumar (Ind) bt Paul Thomerson (Aus) 84-9, 73-31, 63-27.
Group L: K. Venkatesham (Ind) bt Julio Ceasar Maus (Bra) 17-52, 39-68, 58-11, 76-41, 77-7.
Group M: Rafath Habib (Ind) bt Alexander Trinkl (Aus) 62-42, 97-9, 70-36.
Group C: S.H. Kamaraj (Ind) bt Walid Abbdel Mohsen (Egy) 54-45, 28-67, 54-40, 72-26.
Group D: Farhad Tengra (Ind) bt Clausdieter Franschitz (Aus) 65-11, 66-26, 45-43.
Group E: Saleem Syed Abdul (Ind) bt Mohanraj Sivasubramaniam (Sui) 59-7, 30-67, 93-0, 107-0.
Group F: Mohsin Al Abdulrahman (Qat) bt Amar Chawla (Ind) 73-14, 48-38, 74-17.
