<p>Indian cueists made their presence felt on the opening day of the World 6-Red and Team Snooker Championship as Sourav Kothari and Kamal Chawla won their respective matches with ease here.<br /><br />Fresh from his Asian Billiards title win, Kothari blanked Mohammed Abdel Moneyiam of Egypt 4-0 and also outplayed Kuwait’s Nasser Bomejdad 4-0 in the six-red individual event.<br /><br />Chawla, who recently won bronze in Asian Snooker Championship, beat Ahmed Al Taweel of Iraq 4-0 while Dharminder Lilly and Faisal Khan also won their respective matches.<br /><br />In the women's 6-red event, Umadevi and Vidya Pillai won their respective encounters, while Chitra Magimairaj had a mixed day with a win and a loss.<br /><br />Results (Indians only): 6-red snooker (individual): Laxman Rawat bt Ehab Al Agamy (Egy) 4-2; Laxman Rawat bt Roman Lorinov (Rus) 4-0; Ketan Chawla bt Haythan Al Fayoumi (Egy) 4-2; Shivam Arora lt to Alex Borg (Malta) 1-4; Shivam Arora bt Zamarari Hassas (Afg) 4-1;<br /><br />Sourav Kothari bt Mohd Abdel Moneyiam (Egy) 4-0; Sourav Kothari bt Nasser Bomejdad (Kuw) 4-0; Varun Madan bt Fawwaz Alhelo (Jordan) 4-0; Varun Madan bt Patryk Maslowski (Pol) 4-2; Kamal Chawla w/o Ahmed Al Taweel (Irq); Dharminder Lilly bt Alaa Elasaed (Egy) 4-1; Faisal Khan bt Ng Yam Shui (HK) 4-3; Rafath Habib lt Alal Minun Himad (Mor) 3-4; Rafath Habib bt Abdel Rahman Saif Al Shamshi (UAE) 4-1; Nadeem Azeez lt Amr Maged (Egy) 2-4; Nadeem Azeez lt Karim Abdel Meguid (Egy) 4-3.<br /><br />Women 6-red: Vidya Pillai bt Makhalf Soukanya 3-0; Chitra Magimairaj bt Sue Martin (Aus) 3-0; Chitra M lt to Anastasia Nechaeva (Rus) 1-3; Amee Kamani bt Malgorzata-Sikarska 3-1; Neena Praveen bt Maha Helmy 3-0; Neena P lt Daria Sirotina (Rus) 1-3; R Umadevi Nagaraj bt Alexsandra Wojtecka (Pol) 3-0; Neeta Sanghvi bt Alexsandra W (Pol) 3-1.<br /><br />Team 15-red snooker: Kamal Chawla/ Dharminder Lilly bt Latiff Wassiky/ Haythan el Fayouni (Egy) 4-1; Sourav Kothari/ Shivam Arora bt Park Hongpyo/ Hwany Chulho (Kor) 4-1; Faisal Khan/ Laxman Rawat bt Mohd Shehbab/ Mohd Al Joakar (UAE) 3-2; Varun Madan/ Ketan Chawla bt Chan Ka Kin/ Chau Hu Man (HK) 3-2; Pankaj Advani/ Brijesh Damani lt Jamie Clarke/ Gareth Allen (Wales) 3-2.<br /><br />Women team 6-red: Vidya Pillai/ Amee Kamani lt Daria Sirotina/ Anasrasia Nechaeva (Rus) 3-2; Neena Praveen/ Indira Gowda lt Ng On Yee/ Ka Wai Wan (HK) 5-0; Chitra Magimairaj/ Neeta Sanghvi lt Jessica Woods/ Kathay Parashis (Aus) 2-3.</p>
<p>Indian cueists made their presence felt on the opening day of the World 6-Red and Team Snooker Championship as Sourav Kothari and Kamal Chawla won their respective matches with ease here.<br /><br />Fresh from his Asian Billiards title win, Kothari blanked Mohammed Abdel Moneyiam of Egypt 4-0 and also outplayed Kuwait’s Nasser Bomejdad 4-0 in the six-red individual event.<br /><br />Chawla, who recently won bronze in Asian Snooker Championship, beat Ahmed Al Taweel of Iraq 4-0 while Dharminder Lilly and Faisal Khan also won their respective matches.<br /><br />In the women's 6-red event, Umadevi and Vidya Pillai won their respective encounters, while Chitra Magimairaj had a mixed day with a win and a loss.<br /><br />Results (Indians only): 6-red snooker (individual): Laxman Rawat bt Ehab Al Agamy (Egy) 4-2; Laxman Rawat bt Roman Lorinov (Rus) 4-0; Ketan Chawla bt Haythan Al Fayoumi (Egy) 4-2; Shivam Arora lt to Alex Borg (Malta) 1-4; Shivam Arora bt Zamarari Hassas (Afg) 4-1;<br /><br />Sourav Kothari bt Mohd Abdel Moneyiam (Egy) 4-0; Sourav Kothari bt Nasser Bomejdad (Kuw) 4-0; Varun Madan bt Fawwaz Alhelo (Jordan) 4-0; Varun Madan bt Patryk Maslowski (Pol) 4-2; Kamal Chawla w/o Ahmed Al Taweel (Irq); Dharminder Lilly bt Alaa Elasaed (Egy) 4-1; Faisal Khan bt Ng Yam Shui (HK) 4-3; Rafath Habib lt Alal Minun Himad (Mor) 3-4; Rafath Habib bt Abdel Rahman Saif Al Shamshi (UAE) 4-1; Nadeem Azeez lt Amr Maged (Egy) 2-4; Nadeem Azeez lt Karim Abdel Meguid (Egy) 4-3.<br /><br />Women 6-red: Vidya Pillai bt Makhalf Soukanya 3-0; Chitra Magimairaj bt Sue Martin (Aus) 3-0; Chitra M lt to Anastasia Nechaeva (Rus) 1-3; Amee Kamani bt Malgorzata-Sikarska 3-1; Neena Praveen bt Maha Helmy 3-0; Neena P lt Daria Sirotina (Rus) 1-3; R Umadevi Nagaraj bt Alexsandra Wojtecka (Pol) 3-0; Neeta Sanghvi bt Alexsandra W (Pol) 3-1.<br /><br />Team 15-red snooker: Kamal Chawla/ Dharminder Lilly bt Latiff Wassiky/ Haythan el Fayouni (Egy) 4-1; Sourav Kothari/ Shivam Arora bt Park Hongpyo/ Hwany Chulho (Kor) 4-1; Faisal Khan/ Laxman Rawat bt Mohd Shehbab/ Mohd Al Joakar (UAE) 3-2; Varun Madan/ Ketan Chawla bt Chan Ka Kin/ Chau Hu Man (HK) 3-2; Pankaj Advani/ Brijesh Damani lt Jamie Clarke/ Gareth Allen (Wales) 3-2.<br /><br />Women team 6-red: Vidya Pillai/ Amee Kamani lt Daria Sirotina/ Anasrasia Nechaeva (Rus) 3-2; Neena Praveen/ Indira Gowda lt Ng On Yee/ Ka Wai Wan (HK) 5-0; Chitra Magimairaj/ Neeta Sanghvi lt Jessica Woods/ Kathay Parashis (Aus) 2-3.</p>