Umadevi tops the group for knockouts
R. Umadevi from India stayed undefeated in all six matches she played in round robin of 2015 IBSF World Women Billiards Championship here at Adelaide, Australia.
R. Umadevi from India stayed undefeated in all six matches she played in round robin of 2015 IBSF World Women Billiards Championship here at Adelaide, Australia.
Nalin Patel of England, Nam Pham of Vietnam, Aditya Agrawal and Jaiveer Dhingra from India joined the top-12 after winning their respective outside match to complete the Pre-quarter knockout draw of 2015 IBSF World Billiards (Timed) event.
Peter Gilchrist from Singapore secured the top-seed slot for knockouts of 2015 IBSF World Billiards (Timed) Championship having an average of 897.00 after four matches he played in league stage.
He is followed by three Indian players i.e. Pankaj Advani (Avg.803.33), Sourav Kothari (634.50) and Alok Kumar (625.67)
The knockout matches have now started and four outside to reach pre-quarters have started between:
Nam Pham (Vietnam) vs. David Collins (Australia)
Nalin Patel (England) vs. David Bates (Australia)
Kein Nguyen (Vietnam) vs. Jaiveer Dhingra (India)
Aditya Agrawal (India) vs. S. Shrikrishna (India)
The winners will join Last-16 stage which will be played tonight at 2000 Hours Adelaide Time.
Live Streaming is showing match on Table-1. https://www.youtube.com/c/CueballTvCuesport/live
format for knockout
Outside four matches and Last 16: Two Hours
Quarter Finals: Three Hours
Semi Finals: Four Hours
Final: Five Hours (Two Session of 2 Hours 30 Minutes each)
Current Asian Billiards champion from India, Dhruv Sitwala was bit struggling in his last league match against Australian player, Joseph Minici.
It was indeed a good morning for the spectators of 2015 IBSF World Billiards (Timed) Championship at Adelaide where they watched the brilliantly crafted 500+ break by Peter Gilchrist of Singapore during his third league match against Henry Chetcuti of Austraia. Gilchrst was on a good run and crafted three century breaks (100, 110, 131) and in second half of the match he went for the big one i.e. 539.
The IBSF received a complaint from a member country and this complaint was supported by another member country. The content of the complaint was assessed as to be a prima facie case and as such a Disciplinary Committee comprising of Michael Alkhoury , Bader Alahammadi, and Peter Francisco was formed to hear the complaint and evaluate the evidence pertaining to the same.
Mac Rynkievicz of Australia made an essentially required century break not only to cover the lead but also to beat India's Hitesh Kotwani by 38 points in fourth session match of Day-1 - 2015 IBSF World Billiard (Timed) Championship, Adelaide, South Australia.
English player, Nalin Patel, well recovered after morning session lose and convincingly won against another Indian player, Kaavya Bharath, by 369 points in third session of Day-1 - 2015 IBSF World Billiard (Timed) Championship, Adelaide, South Australia.
Kein Nguyen must be elated after winning his match by just 3 points difference against Shekhar Surve of India in 2015 IBSF World Billiard (Timed) Championship here at Adelaide, South Australia
After successfully accomplished 150-Up World Billiards championship last night, the 'Timed' event has now begun here at Oceania Snooker Acadey, Adelaide, South Australia with the final to be played on Sunday, the 27th September.