Ace cueist Geet Sethi squandered chances galore to suffer a shock 3-4 defeat against unheralded Costas Konnaris of Cyprus in the Masters’ category quarterfinals as Indian challenge ended in the World Snooker Championship.
Another Indian medal contender, Kamal Chawla also ended his impressive run in the tournament with a 1-6 thrashing at the hands of Igor Figueiredo of Brazil in men’s event quarterfinals.
Chawla lost 21-86, 06-85, 02-79, 06-72, 58-61, 52-28, 20-69 in a completely one-sided match.
Sethi, who was gunning for his maiden Masters’ title, was cruising all along for a semifinal berth, leading 2-0 and then 3-1 only to concede three straight frames and lose 44-24, 76-43, 70-71, 54-15, 47-88, 48-63, 32-62 to his Cypriot opponent.
With the exit of Sethi and Chawla, Indian challenge in the prestigious world event ended as none of the home players getting past last-eight stage.
