Rafath knocks-out Darren Morgan; Peplaw survive on last black
Rafath Habib from India caused an upset in Masters category by ousting one of the tournament favourite and multiple time world champion, Darren Morgan of Wales.
Rafath Habib from India caused an upset in Masters category by ousting one of the tournament favourite and multiple time world champion, Darren Morgan of Wales.
Indian player Chitra Magimairaj caused the early exit of former European champion, Tatjana Vasiljeva (Latvia) defeating her 4-2 today in the last-16 match.
Disappointment for Indian player Dharminder Singh Lilly on his birthday as he lost the decider frame of his last-32 match after making a great recovery against the Scottish guy Gary Thomso.
Amy Claire King from South Africa pulled out last two frames on a narrow margin to knockout Kathy Howden of Australia and confirmed her place in the pre-quarterfinals that will be played tomorrow.
Last year's runner-up Muhammad Sajjad from Pakistan today made an early exit from the competition after losing last-64 match 0-4 from Ali Alijalil of Iraq.
The Egyptian Federation had arranged a day trip to Mahmya Beach yesterday where delegates, referees and players joined and enjoyed on the free day between group stage and knockouts.
The last 64 of the Men event is ready to cruise ahead and now after two days off, players are ready for the serious business to reach the finale and conquer the championships trophy. Today at last 64 the likes of Former World Champion, Muhammad Asif, Jamie Clarke, Zhao Xintong, Lee Chun Wai, Muhammad Sajjad, Yuan Sijun, Adrian Ridley will be seen in action at 10 AM and former World Champion Pankaj Advani, Soheil Vahedi, Alex Borg, Issara Kachaiwong, Mohammed Shehab, Mohammad Rais Senzai will play in the next session at 1 PM.
The format of last 64 is best of 7 frames.
Women's knockout will also be starting today. Following is the schedule of last 24 stage
at 10:00 AM
Kathy Howden (AUS) vs. Amy Claire King (RSA)
Chitra Magimairajan (IND) vs. Sunita Khandelwal (IND
at 1:00 PM
Jessica Woods (AUS) vs. Nahla Sunni (BHR)
Varsha Sanjeev (IND) vs. Theresa Whitten (AUS)
at 4:00 PM
Arantxa Sanchis (IND) vs. Anna Lynch (AUS)
Daria Sirotina (RUS) vs. Angelique Vialard (FRA)
at 5:00 PM on first available table
Wendy Jans (BLG) vs. Joy Lyn Willenberg (RSA)
Nicola Illse Rossouw (GER) vs. Jennifer Zehentner (RSA)
Masters event knockout stage will start tomorrow
The play has now been concluded in the group stage of Men, Masters and Women events last night, the single elimination knockout will start and the seeded draw for last-88 has now been prepared. 24 ties will feature today morning in last 96 stage of Men with the winner to join into last-64.
The reigning World Masters Champion Phisit Chandsri from Thailand struggled against Ivan Attard of Malta in the last league match but later scored a magnificent break of 55 to have a fantastic finish of the match.
Alex Borg from Malta topped his group for knockouts after defeating Peter Bullen of Belgium. Peter and Alex both had lost one match earlier and met in the last league match for obtaining top position in their group where Alex won 4-0 and succeed to top the group.