Advani, Sethi win in time format

PUNE - Pankaj Advani and Geet Sethi started afresh after their loss in the point-format with a win each in the time-format of the International Billiards and Snooker Federation (IBSF) World Billiards Championships here Tuesday.

Defending Champion Advani had earlier suffered a 0-6 loss to Mike Russell of England in the final of the point-format Monday.

Advani left the loss behind as he defeated Nay Thway Oo of Myanmar 1481-636 in his only match of the day. Geet Sethi also started his campaign with a 1309-724 victory over Kyaw Oo of Myanmar 1309-724.

In other matches, Mike Russell was at his splendind best a day after he won the world crown in the point format. He beat Indian Rupesh Shah 1269-856 in the first match and later thrashed Chul Ho Hwang of Korea 1339-195.

Bhaskar Balachandra, Ashok Shandilya and Devendra Joshi were the other Indians to win their opening day matches.

Results:

Morning session:

1. Nay Thway Oo (Mya) bt Phil Mumford (Eng) 812-696

2. Ashok Shandilya (Ind) bt Aidan Murray (Irl) 806-447

3. Kyaw Oo (Mya) bt Alok Kumar (Ind) 1188-595

4. Bhaskar Balachandra (Ind) bt Tae Hoon Jung (Kor) 1043-335

5. Peter Gilchrist (Sin) bt Billy Bousfield (Eng) 1364-619

6. Dhruv Sitwala (Ind) bt Min Hu Baek (Kor) 1135-394

7. Devendra Joshi (Ind) bt Chul Ho Hwang (Kor) 1515-349

8. Mike Russell (Eng) bt Rupesh Shah (Ind) 1269-856

Afternoon session:

1. Devendra Joshi (Ind) bt Abdul Omar (Sri) 1364-410

2. Mike Russell (Ind) bt Chul Ho Hwang (Kor) 1339-195

3. Peter Gilchrist (Sin) bt Gary Oliver (Nzl) 1568-497

4. Dhruv Sitwala (Ind) bt Billy Bousfield (Eng) 1088-547

5. Geet Sethi (Ind) bt Kyaw Oo (Mya) 1309-724

6. Bhaskar Balachandra (Ind) bt Alok Kumar (Ind) 838-759

7. Pankaj Advani (Ind) bt Nay Thway Oo (Mya) 1481-636

8. Ashok Shandilya (Ind) bt Phil Mumford (Eng) 744-707