<p>Title favourites Pankaj Advani and David Causier of England led a quality field into the pre-quarterfinals of the World billiards championship (timed format), here Monday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Advani, the 29-year old from Bangalore, cracked a 318, his second triple-century break of the tournament, while defeating England's Jonathan Marwood 814-356, and Causier displayed impressive form in outclassing Australia's <br /><br />Neil Bolton 1119-451 with a massive run of 403 marking the Englishman's progress.<br />Causier's 403 was the third highest break of the tournament so far, behind Peter Gilchrist's 551 and Robert Hall's 406.<br /><br />Also through to the round of 16 were Rupesh Shah, Siddharth Parikh, Aditya Agarwal and Dhruv Sitwala and Ashok Shandilya with contrasting victories.<br /><br />Earlier, 14 of the 17 Indians qualified for the knock-out stage with Advani, Dhvaj Haria, Balachandra Bhaskar, Sitwala, Shah, Devendra Joshi and Shandilya topping their respective Groups with an all-win record.<br /><br />The results:<br />Round of 32 (2 hours): Rupesh Shah bt Mark Hirst (ENG) 665 (118, 104)-371; Pankaj Advani bt Jonathan Marwood (ENG) 814 (318)-356; Siddharth Parikh bt Alok Kumar 669 (104)-393; Aditya Agarwal bt Nalin Patel (ENG) 551 (151)-427; Dhruv Sitwala bt Todd Hayward (AUS) 767 (271)-290; Ashok Shandilya bt Chris Taylor (ENG) 462 (103)-403; David Causier (ENG) bt Neil Bolton (AUS) 1119 (176, 403, 162unf)-451 (146); Phil Mumford (ENG) bt Wayne Doyle (IRE) 489 (106)-413.<br /><br />League (2 hrs) - Group B: Jaiveer Dhingra bt Ross Doyle (IRE) 765 (139)-283. Group C: Pankaj Advani bt Gaye Jones (ENG) 1268 (196, 100, 199)-107. Group D: Aditya Agarwal bt Mark Hirst (ENG) 645-452 (112). Group E: Dhruv Haria bt Sushrut Pandia 964 (101, 101, 151)-239. Group F: Siddharth Parikh bt Joshua Burns (AUS) 944 (230, 208, 104)-183.<br /><br />Group H: Dhruv Sitwala bt Jamie Barker (ENG) 545 (110)-345. Group I: Rupesh Shah bt Patrick Stegmeier (AUT) 895 (101, 105, 125, 198)-241. Group J: Devendra Joshi bt Emma Bonney (ENG) 945 (112, 113, 108, 101, 141, 235unf)-223. Group K: Ashok Shandilya bt Carl Walter Steiner (AUT) 977 (109, 105, 138)-278.<br /></p>
<p>Title favourites Pankaj Advani and David Causier of England led a quality field into the pre-quarterfinals of the World billiards championship (timed format), here Monday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Advani, the 29-year old from Bangalore, cracked a 318, his second triple-century break of the tournament, while defeating England's Jonathan Marwood 814-356, and Causier displayed impressive form in outclassing Australia's <br /><br />Neil Bolton 1119-451 with a massive run of 403 marking the Englishman's progress.<br />Causier's 403 was the third highest break of the tournament so far, behind Peter Gilchrist's 551 and Robert Hall's 406.<br /><br />Also through to the round of 16 were Rupesh Shah, Siddharth Parikh, Aditya Agarwal and Dhruv Sitwala and Ashok Shandilya with contrasting victories.<br /><br />Earlier, 14 of the 17 Indians qualified for the knock-out stage with Advani, Dhvaj Haria, Balachandra Bhaskar, Sitwala, Shah, Devendra Joshi and Shandilya topping their respective Groups with an all-win record.<br /><br />The results:<br />Round of 32 (2 hours): Rupesh Shah bt Mark Hirst (ENG) 665 (118, 104)-371; Pankaj Advani bt Jonathan Marwood (ENG) 814 (318)-356; Siddharth Parikh bt Alok Kumar 669 (104)-393; Aditya Agarwal bt Nalin Patel (ENG) 551 (151)-427; Dhruv Sitwala bt Todd Hayward (AUS) 767 (271)-290; Ashok Shandilya bt Chris Taylor (ENG) 462 (103)-403; David Causier (ENG) bt Neil Bolton (AUS) 1119 (176, 403, 162unf)-451 (146); Phil Mumford (ENG) bt Wayne Doyle (IRE) 489 (106)-413.<br /><br />League (2 hrs) - Group B: Jaiveer Dhingra bt Ross Doyle (IRE) 765 (139)-283. Group C: Pankaj Advani bt Gaye Jones (ENG) 1268 (196, 100, 199)-107. Group D: Aditya Agarwal bt Mark Hirst (ENG) 645-452 (112). Group E: Dhruv Haria bt Sushrut Pandia 964 (101, 101, 151)-239. Group F: Siddharth Parikh bt Joshua Burns (AUS) 944 (230, 208, 104)-183.<br /><br />Group H: Dhruv Sitwala bt Jamie Barker (ENG) 545 (110)-345. Group I: Rupesh Shah bt Patrick Stegmeier (AUT) 895 (101, 105, 125, 198)-241. Group J: Devendra Joshi bt Emma Bonney (ENG) 945 (112, 113, 108, 101, 141, 235unf)-223. Group K: Ashok Shandilya bt Carl Walter Steiner (AUT) 977 (109, 105, 138)-278.<br /></p>