<p>Sethi made a disappointing start to the day as he lost 383-629 to Sitwala in his opening encounter but came back well to beat England’s Robert Hall 1329-206, on Wednesday night.<br /><br />Sitwala, who was runner-up in the recently concluded Yorkshire Billiards Open Classic at Bradford, cracked a brilliant break of 183 in the fifth frame to script the win. Sethi then got his elements together and hardly broke into sweat in overwhelming Hall in the next game.<br />Devender Joshi scored a convincing 615-237 win over Ian Williamson but his compatriot Sourav Kothari was not that lucky as he lost both of his matches.<br /><br />Korthari lost his first match 394-413 to England’s Martin Goodwill and followed it with a 333-779 defeat against compatriot B Bhaskar. IBSF World billiards champion Pankaj Advani comfortably defeated Robert 787-394 in his only match on the first day.<br /><br />Title favourite and defending world champion UK’s Mike Russell as expected won both of his games to sit atop the points table. He defeated England’s Ian Williamson 889-269 in his opening match and then got the better of India’s Rupesh Shah 945-211 in his second match.</p>
<p>Sethi made a disappointing start to the day as he lost 383-629 to Sitwala in his opening encounter but came back well to beat England’s Robert Hall 1329-206, on Wednesday night.<br /><br />Sitwala, who was runner-up in the recently concluded Yorkshire Billiards Open Classic at Bradford, cracked a brilliant break of 183 in the fifth frame to script the win. Sethi then got his elements together and hardly broke into sweat in overwhelming Hall in the next game.<br />Devender Joshi scored a convincing 615-237 win over Ian Williamson but his compatriot Sourav Kothari was not that lucky as he lost both of his matches.<br /><br />Korthari lost his first match 394-413 to England’s Martin Goodwill and followed it with a 333-779 defeat against compatriot B Bhaskar. IBSF World billiards champion Pankaj Advani comfortably defeated Robert 787-394 in his only match on the first day.<br /><br />Title favourite and defending world champion UK’s Mike Russell as expected won both of his games to sit atop the points table. He defeated England’s Ian Williamson 889-269 in his opening match and then got the better of India’s Rupesh Shah 945-211 in his second match.</p>
