Maybe it was the burden of arena at home, or aloof apparent bad luck. Both the Indians — Pankaj Advani and Kamal Chawla — were defeated in the semifinals of the IBSF World Snooker Championship here. While Advani absent to Welshman Lee Walker 1-7, Chawla was defeated by Iran’s Hossein Vafaei Ayouri 2-7. Walker takes on Ayouri in the best of 19 anatomy final on Saturday.
Advani has been in such situations in the past, but the adversary he was up adjoin on Friday is a above able player. Considering the boxy pro ambit in England, it was no abruptness that Walker was able to appear up with acceptable breach and booty the bout away. Advani took the aboriginal frame, but could not banknote in on the affairs that came his way. If Advani had to accomplish a bout of it, he should accept taken ascendancy in the antecedent allotment of the match. This was the basis of the accomplished semifinal. Walker deserves a lot of acclaim for the bright potting and opportunism. The 115 breach in the fourth frame, an 85 approval in the fifth, and addition aeon in the seventh were affidavit to the actuality that the Welshman was in absolute control. A abject Advani afterwards said: “It was absitively in the aboriginal three frames. I started poorly. I got a adventitious in the additional and third frames and I should accept dictated terms. He began to cull away. If I was 2-0 up, maybe it would accept been different. “I played my bold but absent out on execution. I absent a brace of affairs and aloof could not accomplishment the frames.
At this level, you can’t allow to accord your adversary a chance. He played able-bodied admitting actuality bottomward 40 or 50 points. He was all-a-quiver in the aboriginal 3-4 frames, but afterwards that he hardly absent the ball,” he added.Walker, who has played in the pro ambit from 1994 to 2006, said: “I played well; I should accept been out in the annular of 32. Annihilation from there on is a bonus. I am aloof adequate my game. Maybe there was burden on him because he is arena at home.” In the morning, he exhausted 2008 best Thepchaiya Un-Nooh in the quarterfinals.
In the added semifinal, 17-year-old Ayouri was afresh aloof too acceptable for the Indian. Chawla, who had baffled the Iranian in Qatar recently, aloof did not accept abundant punch. Ayouri did not do annihilation awfully good, he aloof did what was necessary.
Results:Semifinals (best of 13): Lee Walker (Wal) bt Pankaj Advani (Ind) 7-1 (68 (52) -82, 61-41, 69-39, 115 (115) -0, 85 (85 cl) -42, 67-28, 108 (100 cl) -33, 73 (73) -52 (52); Hossein Vafaei Ayouri (Irn) bt Kamal Chawla (Ind) 7-2 (67-5, 65-43, 108 (91) -9, 65 (45) -5, 74 (65) -25, 56-67 (46), 71 (64) -16, 61 (61) -74 (65), 88 (66) -36)Quarterfinals (best of 11): Advani (Ind) bt Peter Bullen (Bel) 6-2 (71 (62)-7, 0-123 (123), 34-75 (64), 92 (62)-21, 67 (47)-60, 70 (63)-9, 69 (55)-60, 80-45); Walker (Wal) bt Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (Tha) 6-2 (11-95 (68), 72-64 (64), 67 (67)-25, 60 (54)-72 (46), 68-4, 70-60 (60), 59-55 (55), 62-28); Ayouri (Iri) bt Brendan O’Donoghue (Ire) 6-3 (80-62 (54), 118 (106)-0, 63-73 (66), 86-18, 33-73 (66), 18-83 (46), 85 (58)-1, 71-52, 74-0); Chawla (Ind) bt Kevin van Hove (Bel) 6-5 (03-87 (75), 106 (56-50)-07, 93-15, 76 (60)-29, 06-112 (48, 55), 27-86, 46-65, 74-32, 72-35, 27-78, 77-36).
Advani has been in such situations in the past, but the adversary he was up adjoin on Friday is a above able player. Considering the boxy pro ambit in England, it was no abruptness that Walker was able to appear up with acceptable breach and booty the bout away. Advani took the aboriginal frame, but could not banknote in on the affairs that came his way. If Advani had to accomplish a bout of it, he should accept taken ascendancy in the antecedent allotment of the match. This was the basis of the accomplished semifinal. Walker deserves a lot of acclaim for the bright potting and opportunism. The 115 breach in the fourth frame, an 85 approval in the fifth, and addition aeon in the seventh were affidavit to the actuality that the Welshman was in absolute control. A abject Advani afterwards said: “It was absitively in the aboriginal three frames. I started poorly. I got a adventitious in the additional and third frames and I should accept dictated terms. He began to cull away. If I was 2-0 up, maybe it would accept been different. “I played my bold but absent out on execution. I absent a brace of affairs and aloof could not accomplishment the frames.
At this level, you can’t allow to accord your adversary a chance. He played able-bodied admitting actuality bottomward 40 or 50 points. He was all-a-quiver in the aboriginal 3-4 frames, but afterwards that he hardly absent the ball,” he added.Walker, who has played in the pro ambit from 1994 to 2006, said: “I played well; I should accept been out in the annular of 32. Annihilation from there on is a bonus. I am aloof adequate my game. Maybe there was burden on him because he is arena at home.” In the morning, he exhausted 2008 best Thepchaiya Un-Nooh in the quarterfinals.
In the added semifinal, 17-year-old Ayouri was afresh aloof too acceptable for the Indian. Chawla, who had baffled the Iranian in Qatar recently, aloof did not accept abundant punch. Ayouri did not do annihilation awfully good, he aloof did what was necessary.
Results:Semifinals (best of 13): Lee Walker (Wal) bt Pankaj Advani (Ind) 7-1 (68 (52) -82, 61-41, 69-39, 115 (115) -0, 85 (85 cl) -42, 67-28, 108 (100 cl) -33, 73 (73) -52 (52); Hossein Vafaei Ayouri (Irn) bt Kamal Chawla (Ind) 7-2 (67-5, 65-43, 108 (91) -9, 65 (45) -5, 74 (65) -25, 56-67 (46), 71 (64) -16, 61 (61) -74 (65), 88 (66) -36)Quarterfinals (best of 11): Advani (Ind) bt Peter Bullen (Bel) 6-2 (71 (62)-7, 0-123 (123), 34-75 (64), 92 (62)-21, 67 (47)-60, 70 (63)-9, 69 (55)-60, 80-45); Walker (Wal) bt Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (Tha) 6-2 (11-95 (68), 72-64 (64), 67 (67)-25, 60 (54)-72 (46), 68-4, 70-60 (60), 59-55 (55), 62-28); Ayouri (Iri) bt Brendan O’Donoghue (Ire) 6-3 (80-62 (54), 118 (106)-0, 63-73 (66), 86-18, 33-73 (66), 18-83 (46), 85 (58)-1, 71-52, 74-0); Chawla (Ind) bt Kevin van Hove (Bel) 6-5 (03-87 (75), 106 (56-50)-07, 93-15, 76 (60)-29, 06-112 (48, 55), 27-86, 46-65, 74-32, 72-35, 27-78, 77-36).