Umadevi tops the group for knockouts
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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.