Hyderabad:
Indian cueist Alok Kumar registered his fourth win in as many group matches to reach the knock-out stage of the men's event of the ONGC-IBSF World Snooker Championship on Wednesday.
The 41-year-old Indian, who is yet to loose a frame in the four matches that he has played so far', thrashed Ryan Somaratna of Sri Lanka 4-0 to reach the round of 64 at the International Convention Centre here.
Ace Indian cueist Geet Sethi also shrugged off yesterday's bad form and posted a comfortable win against Abdul Khamis of Qatar to keep his hopes alive for the top spot in his group in the Masters category.
Among other Indian in fray, Kamal Chawla and Brijesh Damani exhibited much improved performance as they registered comfortable wins against Ajeya Prabhakar of USA and Andreas Ploner of Australia respectively.
However, it was a disappoiting day for Aditya Mehta, who went down to Patrick Einsle of Germany. Down by 0-3, a visibly demoralised Aditya could not put up any fight as Einsle sealed the frame and match with a well crafted break of 52.
In the ladies section, Vidya Pillai of India maintained her all-win record in her Group B league matches by beating compatriot Neeta Sanghvi 3-0.
Suniti Damani also posted her first win in the championship, defeating Nalha Sunni of Bahrain 3-0.
However, it was a bad day in office for ace cueist Chitra Magimairaj and Anuja Chandra as both were shown the door by Santhinee Jaisuekul of Thailand and Ng On Yee of Hong Kong respectively.
In the Masters category, Former IBSF World Snooker Champion and winner of the master's category in the year 2007, Darren Morgan of Wales brused aside Australian Paul Thomerson 3-0 with a nicely compiled break of 52 in the third frame.
Defending champion Dene O'Kane of New Zealand maintained his all-win record so far in his Group by defeating Prasanna Madumage of Sri Lanka 3-0.
The 41-year-old Indian, who is yet to loose a frame in the four matches that he has played so far', thrashed Ryan Somaratna of Sri Lanka 4-0 to reach the round of 64 at the International Convention Centre here.
Ace Indian cueist Geet Sethi also shrugged off yesterday's bad form and posted a comfortable win against Abdul Khamis of Qatar to keep his hopes alive for the top spot in his group in the Masters category.
Among other Indian in fray, Kamal Chawla and Brijesh Damani exhibited much improved performance as they registered comfortable wins against Ajeya Prabhakar of USA and Andreas Ploner of Australia respectively.
However, it was a disappoiting day for Aditya Mehta, who went down to Patrick Einsle of Germany. Down by 0-3, a visibly demoralised Aditya could not put up any fight as Einsle sealed the frame and match with a well crafted break of 52.
In the ladies section, Vidya Pillai of India maintained her all-win record in her Group B league matches by beating compatriot Neeta Sanghvi 3-0.
Suniti Damani also posted her first win in the championship, defeating Nalha Sunni of Bahrain 3-0.
However, it was a bad day in office for ace cueist Chitra Magimairaj and Anuja Chandra as both were shown the door by Santhinee Jaisuekul of Thailand and Ng On Yee of Hong Kong respectively.
In the Masters category, Former IBSF World Snooker Champion and winner of the master's category in the year 2007, Darren Morgan of Wales brused aside Australian Paul Thomerson 3-0 with a nicely compiled break of 52 in the third frame.
Defending champion Dene O'Kane of New Zealand maintained his all-win record so far in his Group by defeating Prasanna Madumage of Sri Lanka 3-0.
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