Fourth win on trot for Advani

Chitra, Vidya register victories

Advani scored a century break en route to his 72-21, 127 (86)-1, 115 (115)-0, 40-28 victory to lead Group E.

Veteran Yasin Merchant too appeared in fine touch, blanking Konstantinos Mavroforos of Greece 114 (54)-1, 71-3, 106-18, 97 (54)-33 to move into second position in Group D.
On Wednesday, Vidya Pillai and Chitra Magimairaj scored impressive 3-1 victories in the Ladies section while Anuja Chandra slumped to a 1-3 loss.

Vidya defeated Honk Kong’s Jaique Ip Wan In 80-26, 80-41, 64-67, 56-43, Chitra beat Hannah Jones 13-65, 75-31, 55-44, 57-19 but Anuja was beaten 49-67, 41-55, 56-42, 13-53.

In the Masters’ battle, Nadeem Azeez Sait and Arvind Savur lost to Mohasin Alabdulrahman and Karim Helmy respectively.

Results: Masters: Group A: Chuchart Trairattanapradit (Tha) bt George Chammas (Syr) 3-0 (86-18, 54-40, 65 (64)-38); Simon Zammit (Mlt) bt Vyacheslav (Rus) 3-0 (67-7, 48-29, 48-25); Munier Cassim (SA) bt Petri Kopponen (Fin) 3-0 (63-28, 71 (40)-15, 61-14). Group B: Darren Morgan (Wal) bt Mike Smith (Eng) 3-0 (56-37, 58-47, 106 (86)-8); Amir Osman (Egy) bt Amir Reza (Irn) 3-1 (50-41, 60-20, 49-55, 68-22); Rene Dikstra (Net) bt Issa ibrahim Alrasi (KSA) 3-0 (74-65, 77-21, 81-36).

Group C: Richard McHugh (Ire) bt Paul Thomerson (Aus) 3-2 (48-35, 22-78, 71-26, 10-66, 63-2); Phil Williams (Wal) bt Ng Yam Shui (HK) 3-0 (91-23, 67-15, 64-16); SA Saleem (Ind) bt Ebrahim Baghi (Aus) 3-0 (98-07, 65-2, 95 (95)-0). Group D: Glen Wilkinson (Aus) bt Costas Konnaris (Cyp) 3-0 (64-35, 52-32, 72-2); Brynjar Valdimarsson (Ice) bt Urs Freitag (Sui) 3-1 (56-21, 60-46, 50-62, 59-51); Kurt Deesplenter (Bel) bt Ayyoub Al Sharrah (Kuw) 3-2 (56-42, 43-62, 77-12, 42-57, 70-1); Ahmad Ulldin Ahmadi (Afg) bt Ahmad Alenazi (Jor) 3-1 (45-21, 55-30, 12-66, 62-41); Dougie Melrose (Sco) bt Prasanna Pushpakumara (SL) 3-0 (73-66, 84-18, 56-34). Group E: Noppadon Noppachorn (Tha) bt Joseph Delaney (Ire) 3-0 (93 (93)-0, 83 (83)-21, 59-58); Karim Helmy (Egypt) bt Arvind Savur (Ind) 3-1 (88-35, 29-74, 89-16, 68-49).

Group F: Gary Morris (Eng) bt Philippe Bonnet (Fra) 3-1 (31-76, 79-14, 67-1, 106 (65)-2); Ahmad Al Tarkait (Kuw) bt Mohammad Alsamhari (KSA) 3-0 (89-1, 61-25, 74-32); Paul Bason (NZ) bt Andrey Vill (Rus) 3-2 (41-71, 70-26, 48-71, 69-1, 61-25); Mohasin Alabdulrahman (Qat) bt Nadeem Azeez Sait (Ind) 3-0 (70-40, 69-19, 61-56).
Ladies: Group A: Nahla Al Sunni (Bah) bt Nita Clarkson (NZ) 3-0 (75-35, 59-26, 73-22); Ng On Yee (HK) bt Irina Gorbataya (Rus) 3-0 (frame awarded, 82-13, 59-28); Inese Lukashevska (Lat) bt Sabah Armoush (Syr) 3-0 (55-29, 52-32, 71-26). Group B: Anne Kartin Hirsch (Ger) bt Armaghan Hassani (Ira) 3-0 (68-24, 79-52, 69-21); Wendy Jans (Bel) bt Kathy Howden (Aus) 3-0 (66-08, 56-03, 77-40); Vidya Pillai (Ind) bt Jaique Ip Wan In (HK) 3-1 (80-26, 80-41, 64-67, 56-43). Group C: Kathy Parashis (Aus) bt Kimberley Cullen (NZ) 3-0 (79-42, 66-24, 66-38); So Man Yan (HK) bt Maria Loizou (Cyp) 3-1 (58-46, 41-34, 49-57, 62-26); Nicha Pathom Ekmongkhon (Tha) bt Anuja Chandra (Ind) 3-1 (67-49, 55-41, 42-56, 53-13). Group D: Eslami Taherh (Irn) bt May Yasser Al-Doseri (Bah) 3-1 (37-70, 62-21, 69-12, 54-49); Ramona Belmont (NZ) bt Jeanne Young (SA) 3-0 (61-13, 70-11, 63-21); Chitra Magimairaj (Ind) bt Hannah Jones (Eng) 3-1 (13-65, 75-31, 55-44, 57-19). On Tuesday (Indians only): Men: Group D: Yasin Merchant (Ind) bt Konstantinos Mavroforos (Gre) 4-0 (114 (54)-1, 71-3, 106-18, 97 (54)-33). Group E: Pankaj Advani (Ind) bt Michael Zahra (Syr) 4-0 (72-21, 127 (86)-1, 115 (115)-0, 40-28).