Indian Billiards Thread ...

[jaydeep]

Geet Sethi and Pankaj Advani confirmed their berth for quarter-final winning their 3rd match on a row ... Geet won exciting match as he was 108 pts down when last 8 mins were remaining, he scored unfinished 128 pts in remaining time to won by 20 pts ... Group D becoming interesting after Mike's win over Peter ... Now winner between Peter and Robert Marshall will join Mike in quarters.

At World Professional Billiards Championship 2010, Leeds, England

Group A
Pankaj Advani (IND) bt Devendra Joshi (IND) 818 -469
Sourav Kothari (IND) bt Martin Goodwill (ENG) 718 - 262

Group B
Geet Sethi (IND) bt Rupesh Shah (IND) 461 - 441
Matthew Sutton (ENG) bt Siddharth Parikh (IND) 385 - 351

Group C
Dhruv Sitwala (IND) bt David Causier (ENG) 593 - 498
Phil Mumford (ENG) bt Mark Hirst (ENG) 599 - 347

Group D
Mike Russell (QAT) bt Peter Gilchrist (SIN) 719 - 393
Robert Marshall (ENG) bt Gary Rogers (ENG) 730 - 148

[jaydeep]

In the final session Geet scored another dominating win against Matthew Sutton to complete group stage winning all matches ... Again on consecutive second day he scored highest break of 507 in this match ... Sourav Kothari also confirmed his place in quarters with his 3rd win in three matches ... Now he and Pankaj face to decide group winner ... Rupesh and Dhruv need to win their last matches to qualify for quarters ... David Causier and Mike Russell r also qualified ... Robert Marshall need to win last match against Ian Williamson with more than 304 pts to qualify for quarters otherwise Peter Gilchrist will qualify.

At World Professional Billiards Championship 2010, Leeds, England

Group A
Sourav Kothari (IND) bt Sushrat Pandia (IND) 1152 - 189
Martin Goodwill (ENG) bt Devendra Joshi (IND) 500 - 493

Group B
Siddharth Parikh (IND) bt Bem French (ENG) 964 - 201
Geet Sethi (IND) bt Matthew Sutton (ENG) 1199 - 223

Group C
Mark Hirst (ENG) bt Ashok Shandilya (IND) 560 - 386
David Causier (ENG) bt Phil Mumford (ENG) 1150 - 289

Group D
Gary Rogers (ENG) bt Ian Williamson (ENG) 368 - 277
Peter Gilchrist (SIN) bt Robert Marshall (ENG) 674 - 422

[ajay]

Interesting to see that in a World Championship tournament being played in England, out of 32 players, half of them i.e. 16 players are Indian, 12 British players and 2 each from Qatar and Singapore.

Ajay, r u testing me?

There r only 20 players r playing ... 5 players in each group ... In that nine each r Indians and British players and one each from Qatar and Singapore ...

I know u just added nations in front of players without checking their names ... Gosh!!!

Sorry about that
You are absolutely right I just added nations in front of players and did not see the names and I'm still laughing on the way I counted. Thanks for the correction.

[jaydeep]

Pankaj won comfortably by 500+ points to won Group A ... Sourav Kothari joined him in quarters from Group A on second position.

Geet Sethi already won Group B with dominating performance in his all matches ... Young Siddharth Parikh surprised seasoned and 2007 IBSF World Billiards Champion (Points) Rupesh Shah ... Both finished with 2 wins in this ... Siddharth Parikh's points tally was +409 and Rupesh Shah's point tally was +583 ... So Rupesh qualified on second position.

In Group C, David Causier won this group ... Dhruv Sitwala won match of the championship ... When time finished Dhruv was ahead by only 1 point against Mark Hirst ... This win helped Dhruv to qualify on second position.

In Group D as expected Mike Russell qualified on top despite losing one match on the opening day ... Peter Gilchrist joined him in quarters in second position.

At World Professional Billiards Championship 2010, Leeds, England

Group A
Pankaj Advani (IND) bt Sourav Kothari (IND) 965 - 457
Martin Goodwill (ENG) bt Sushrat Pandia (IND) 906 - 239

Group B
Siddharth Parikh (IND) bt Rupesh Shah (IND) 416 - 252
Matthew Sutton (ENG) bt Bem French (ENG) 705 - 242

Group C
Dhruv Sitwala (IND) bt Mark Hirst (ENG) 430 - 429
Ashok Shandilya (IND) bt Phil Mumford (ENG) 566 - 554

Group D
Mike Russell (QAT) bt Gary Rogers (ENG) 1070 - 338
Ian Williamson (ENG) bt Robert Marshall (ENG) 375 - 321

[jaydeep]

U r welcome Ajay ...

Quarter finals draw is out ... Again Geet and Pankaj r in same draw with Peter Gilchrist for place in the final.

At World Professional Billiards Championship 2010, Leeds, England

Pankaj Advani (IND) vs Dhruv Sitwala (IND)
Geet Sethi (IND) vs Peter Gilchrist (SIN)
David Causier (ENG) vs Sourav Kothari (IND)
Mike Russell (QAT) vs Rupesh Shah (IND)

[jaydeep]

In quarter-finals Dhruv scored biggest upset beating defending champion Pankaj ... Dhruv played consistently scoring 3 centry breaks other hand Pankaj struggled and managed only a single centry break ... Geet scored comfortable win over experienced Peter Gilchrist by more that 500 points ... Geet scored couple of century breaks with maximum of 267 pts, Peter couldn't manage a single century break ... David Causier scored 6 century breaks in his dominating win over Sourav Kothari ... Mike Russell is finding his touch, yesterday he scored biggest break of tournament of 589 pts to win his match against Rupesh Shah.

At World Professional Billiards Championship 2010, Leeds, England

Quarter Finals
Dhruv Sitwala (IND) bt Pankaj Advani (IND) 723 - 608
Geet Sethi (IND) bt Peter Gilchrist (SIN) 969 - 445
David Causier (ENG) bt Sourav Kothari (IND) 1356 - 499
Mike Russell (QAT) bt Rupesh Shah (IND) 995 - 496

[prasen9]

So can we say officially that Advani in a funk yet?

[jaydeep]

So can we say officially that Advani in a funk yet?

Prasenjit, why r u saying this? I don't think so, this must be his one of bad tournament ... When I met him at Pune he was very positive for this Pro World championship and Asiad ... But yes disappointing performance and poor set of mind before Asian games.

[jaydeep]

After first session Dhruv and Mike Russell r leading in their respective semis ... Geet is on table with 41 unf break ... In other semis Mike is on table with 271 unf break.

Edited - Geet tried comeback in second session ... But couldn't find big break ... He was 58 pts behind when he came on table when 4 minutes were remaining but he managed only 57 unf break ... So with that Dhruv scored another 1 point victory to moved into the final.

Mike scored comfortable win over David Causier to moved into another final.

At World Professional Billiards Championship 2010, Leeds, England

Semi Finals
Dhruv Sitwala (IND) bt Geet Sethi (IND) 980 - 979
Mike Russell (QAT) bt David Causier (ENG) 1525 - 1279

[prasen9]

So can we say officially that Advani in a funk yet?

Prasenjit, why r u saying this? I don't think so, this must be his one of bad tournament ... When I met him at Pune he was very positive for this Pro World championship and Asiad ... But yes disappointing performance and poor set of mind before Asian games.

Ok, so we cannot officially say that. I was trying to continue the discussion in viewtopic.php?f=7&t=212204&p=4271994&hi ... i#p4271994. Given that Sitwala dumped Sethi too, I guess Sitwala has finally decided to stand up and be noticed. (Here is his previous record: http://www.cuesportsindia.com/myweb/profile/dhruv.htm)

[suresh]

I was sure that Geet was going to play the Qatari in the final given his form in this tournament. Dhruv's win, given how close it was, will give him a huge boost in confidence. I hope it is big enough for him to pull of what will be a famous victory.

[sameerph]

When did Mike Russell start appearing for Qatar. I suppose he is not in the Asian games draw. Else , it will be tough competition for Indian players for the gold.

[prasen9]

Since 2007, Sameer.

[jaydeep]

When did Mike Russell start appearing for Qatar. I suppose he is not in the Asian games draw. Else , it will be tough competition for Indian players for the gold.

No, still not official Qatar resident .. Some issues r going about his residency but currently he stay in Qatar and coaching their team.

[jaydeep]

Mike Russell comfortably won World Pro Billiard Championship which he lost last year to Pankaj Advani ... This was Russell's 10th Professional title ... So this year he dominated billiards circuit winning this title after winning Amateur's two world titles two months back.

In the final Mike scored 5 century breaks, 450 pts break was highest ... Dhruv also scored 4 century breaks but one of them was over 200 pts.

At World Professional Billiards Championship 2010, Leeds, England

Final
Mike Russell (QAT) bt Dhruv Sitwala (IND) 1738 - 1204