Dominant Advani leads India's charge
Pankaj Advani led India’s charge in the World Billiards Championship, storming into the knockout stage of both the time and points format as the top seed in Leeds.
Among other Indians who booked their spots for the knock-out phase where veteran Geet Sethi, Devendra Joshi, Alok Kumar, B Bhaskar, Ashok Shandilya, Dhvaj Haria, Sourav Kothari.
Qualifiers for round-of-32: Points format: Pankaj Advani, David Causier, Matthew Bolton, Mike Russell, Geet Sethi, Peter Gilchrist, Devendra Joshi, Ashok Shandilya, Alok Kumar, Martin Goodwill, Arun Agarwal, Michael Pearson, Matthew Sutton, Siddharth Parikh, Robin Wilson, Rupesh Shah, Robert Hall, Ian Williamson, B Bhaskar, Neil Bolton, Aidan Murray, Dhvaj Haria, Dhruv Sitwala, Sourav Kothari, Jamie Barker, Nalin Patel, Steve Brookshaw, Jaiveer Dhingra, Arthur Winn, Chris Taylor, Jonathan Bagley, V Subramaniam.
Timed format: Pankaj Advani, Matthew Bolton, Geet Sethi, Dhruv Sitwala, Sourav Kothari, Mike Russell, Michael Pearson, B Bhaskar, Rupesh Shah, David Causier, Peter Gilchrist, Arun Agarwal, Nalin Patel, Manish Jain, Robin Wilson, Martin Goodwill, John Hartley, Ashok Shandilya, Neil Bolton, Chris Taylor, Matthew Sutton, Siddharth Parikh, Ian Williamson, Steve Brookshaw, Alok Kumar, Phil Mumford, Robert Hall, Devendra Joshi, Dhvak Haria, R Umadevi Nagaraj, Ryan Mears, Phil Davies.