Indian women quartet advances to last-24 stage of 6-red snooker

The Indian women quartet of Vidya Pillai, Chitra Magimairaj, Varsha Sanjeev and Arantxa Sanchis advanced to the last-24 stage of the individual championship in the IBSF World 6-red Snooker Championship in Carlow, Ireland.

Results (Indians only): Men: Individual championship: Group P: Brijesh Damani bt Alan Cusack (Ire) 4-0; B Damani bt Yusuke Tanaka (Jpn) 4-0; B Damani bt Nick Jennings (Eng) 4-3; Daniel Poly (Fra) 4-1.

Group D: Manan Chandra bt Jasaon Devaney 4-1; M Chandra bt Maksim Shkapura (Rus) 4-0; M Chandra lt to Mohammed Asif (Pak) 1-4; M Chandra bt Patryk Maslowski (Pol) 4-2.

Group U: Shivam Arora bt Walid Hamdy (Egy) 4-0; S Arora lt to Philip browne (Ire) 3-4; S Arora bt Valdilen Avtukhovich (Rus) 4-0; S Arora bt Ger Delaney (Ireland) 4-3.
Group C: Laxman Rawat bt Robert Murphy (Ire) 4-3; L Rawat bt Igor Akiutin (Rus) 4-1; L Rawat bt Juha Lehto (Fin) 4-1; L Rawat lt to Adam Stefanow (Pol) 0-4.
Group T: Shahbaaz Adil Khan bt Brendan Thomas (Ire) 4-2; SA Khan bt Mamoru Ohmizu (Jpn) 4-1; SA Khan lt to Mohammed Al Joakar (UAE) 1-4; SA Khan bt Trygvi Erlingsson (Ice) 4-1.

Team championship: Group E: Manan Chandra/ Brijesh Damani bt Matt Lee/ Darren Lock (Eng) 5-0; M Chandra/ B Damani bt David Cassidy/ Greg Casey (Ire) 3-2; M Chandra/ B Damani bt John ‘O’ Sullivan/ Philip Browne (Ire) 3-2; M Chandra/ B Damani lt to Khalid Kamali/ Abdul Rehman/ Said Al Shamsi (UAE) 2-3.

Group F: Shivam Arora/ Shahbaaz Adil Khan bt Jeff Cundy/ Nick Jennings (Eng) 3-2; S Arora/ SA Khan bt Daniel Dempsey/ Jason Devaney (Ire) 4-1;  S Arora/ SA Khan bt Juha Lehto/ Aki Suutari 4-1 (Fin); S Arora/ SA Khan lt to Muhammed Asif/ Muhammad Sajjad (Pak) 1-4.

Women: Individual championship: Group B: Vidya Pillai bt Irina Gorbataya (Rus) 3-0; Vidya P bt Sandra Bryan (Ire) 3-0; Vidya P bt Siripaporn Nuantha Khamjan (Tha) 3-2.
Group C: Chitra Magimairaj bt Michelle French (Ire) 3-0; Chitra M bt Agata Czerwinska (Pol) 3-0; Chitra M lt to Siraphat Chitchomnart (Tha) 2-3.

Group E: Arantxa Sanchis bt Cathy Dunne (Ire) 3-2; Arantxa S bt Oliwin Lachowicz (Pol) 3-0; Arantxa lt to Yu Ching (HK) 0-3.

Group H: Varsha Sanjeev lt to Eiva Pawinska 2-3; Varsha S bt Emily Talbot (Ire) 3-0; Varsha S bt Anastasia Nechaeva (Rus) 3-2.

Team championship: Chitra Magimairaj/ Varsha Sanjeev lt to Anmbta Nechaeva/ Daria Sirotina (Rus) 0-3; Chitra M/ Varsha S bt Catherine Fitzsimons/ Emily Talbot (Ire) 3-0; Chitra M/ Varsha S bt Ipwan In Jaique/ Yuching (HK) 2-1; Chitra M/ Varsha S bt Malgorzata Sikorska/ Ewa Pawinska (Pol) 2-1.

Vidya Pillai/ Arantxa Sanchis lt to Amornrat Uamduang/ Siraphat Chitchomnart (Tha) 0-3; Vidya P/ Arantxa S bt Michelle Sherwin/ Claire Mill 2-1; Vidya P/ Arantxa S bt Oliwia Lachowicz/ Maria Debska (Pol) 3-0.