Struggling Sitwala wins by 5 points

He was often missing the regular shots and got undue pressure on him because Joseph on the other side was constantly scoring small but effective breaks to keep a proper hold on the match. In fact he crafted two good breaks of 88 and 111 in between.

Though in the end Sitwala got some luck and he managed to save the match by 5 points but this is alarming for him to do better in knockouts.

Nam Pham from Vietnam also got stiff competition from India's Hitesh Kotwani, but Pham managed to secure his match by 70 points.