Geet, Pankaj, Peter, Rupesh make it to Pre-Quarters

Bangalore, Sept 7 (UNI) Ace Cueist Geet Sethi, defending Champion Pankaj Advani, former world champion Peter Ghilrist of Singapore, were among the 16 cuests who entered the Pre-Quarter finals of the ONGC IBSF World Billiards Championship played at the KSBA Hall here today.

Geet Sethi maintained a clean slate in all the league encounters to make it to the last 16 stage.

Defending Champion Pankaj did not find any difficulty in his league matches and marched to the Pre-Quarter maintaining his winning spirit.

The Semi-finalists in the Points Format, Peter Ghilchrist also won all the three league matches to qualify for the last 16 stage.

Results: (all Indians unless mentioned) Group A: Pankaj Advani 1816 bt Michael Wright (EBOS) 377; Prem Prakash bt S M Shaharwardi (Sri Lanka) 1589-561; Prem Prakash bt Michael Wright (EBOS) 1527-528; Pankaj Advani bt S M Shaharwardi (Sri Lanka) 1483-655.

Group B: Thawat Sujaritthurakarn (Thailand) bt Darren Taylor (New Zealand) 1259-385; Devendra Joshi 2191 bt Boon Aun Keith E 2191-254 Group C: Sourav Kothari bt Calum Hossack (Scotland) 1424-320; Thanh Long Nguyen (Vietnam) bt Philip Mumford (England) 988-540 Group D: Thanh Binh Nguyen (Vietnam) bt Mohamed Aslam (Sri Lanka) 1019-638; Dhruv Sitwala bt Larry Drennan (Ireland) 1196-444 Group E: Peter Gilchrist (Singapore) bt Shyam Jagtiani 1007-735; Md Asim bt Raghoo Sinha 812-698. Shyam Jagtiani bt Raghoo Sinha 1040-537; Peter Gilchrist (Singapore) bt Md Asim 2089-429 Group F: B Bhaskar bt Gary Oliver (New Zealand) 1236-440; Praprut Chaithanasakun (Thailand) bt Brijesh Damani 1015-497; Geet Sethi bt Gary Normal (EBOS) 1544-362; B Bhaskar bt Praprut Chaithanasakun (Thailand) 856-674; Brijesh Damani bt Gary Oliver (New Zealand) 1002-759 Group G: Rupesh Shah bt Wayne Carey (New Zealand) 1247-454; Suriya Suwannasingh (Thailand) bt Arvind Savur 815-512; Rupesh Shah bt Arvind Savur 1031-637; Suriya Suwannasingh (Thailand) bt Wayne Careu (New Zealand) 782-431.

Group H: Aidan Murray (Ireland) bt Gary Norman (EBOS) 628-369; Geet Sethi bt Teik Chong Alan Puan (Singapore) 2102-159 ; Group H: Aidan Murray (Ireland) bt Tiek Chong Alan Puan 538-426.

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