Cueist Kamal Chawla in pre-quarters of Asian Indoor Games
Kamal Chawla reached the pre-quarterfinals of the snooker singles event while the rest of the Indian cueists fell by the way side in the Asian Indoor Games, here on Thursday.
Kamal Chawla reached the pre-quarterfinals of the snooker singles event while the rest of the Indian cueists fell by the way side in the Asian Indoor Games, here on Thursday.
Chawla scored a facile 4-1 win over Qatar's Bukshaisha Mohson to enter the quarters of the biennial event.
However, there was disappointment in store elsewhere as Saurav Kothari went down 0-3 to Thailand's Praprut Chaithanasakun while Balachandra Bhaskar lost 1-3 to another Thai stalwart Thawat Sujaritthurakarn in the pre-quarters of the 100-up billiards competition.
In the women's 9-ball pool event, Neena Praveen lost 1-7 to Korea's Kim Gayoung in the pre-quarters after having beaten Singapore's Chai Zeet Huey 7-4 in the previous round.
Delhi-girl Keerath Bhandal also tasted defeat in her Round-of-32 match, losing 4-7 to Singaporean Hoe Shu Wah.