Pankaj Advani marches into 6-Red quarters

BANGALORE: Pankaj Advani got the better of Alex Borg of Malta 4-0 to enter the quarterfinals of the World 6-Red Snooker Championship at Sharm el-Sheikh (Egypt) on Saturday.
In another pre-quarterfinal match, India's Kamal Chawla went down 2-4 to Mohsen Bukshaisha of Qatar. In the 15-Red team snooker, the Indian pair of Advani and Brijesh Damani fumbled in the quarterfinals against Pakistan's Mohd Asif and Sajjad Hussein 1-4.
In the women's draw, Vidya Pillai and Amee Kamani combined to beat Jessica Woods and Kathy Parashis 3-0 in the World Team 15-Red Snooker event. Bangalore cueist Chitra Magimairaj and Neeta Sanghvi lost in the team event.
Results: 6-Red snooker: Pre-quarters: Pankaj Advani bt Alex Borg (Malta) 4-0 (40-13, 46-9, 37-16, 36-0); Mohsen Bukshaisha (QTR) bt Kamal Chawla 4-2 (8-50, 44-26, 19-28, 35-5, 36-27, 35-28).
Team Men 15-red: QFs: Hossein Vafaei Ayouri/ Eshan Hyder Ali (IRA) bt Sourav Kothari/Shivam Arora 4-0; Mohd Asif/Sajjad Hussein (PAK) bt Pankaj Advani/Brijesh Damani 4-1; Jamie Clark/Gereth Allen (WAL) bt Kamal Chawla/Dharminder Lilly 4-2.