Overview

• Kamal Chawla began with a 4-1 win over Macao’s Wai Ip Lam before delivering consecutive 4-0 whitewashes of Sri Lanka’s Thiyagarajah Thanjeewan and Hong Kong’s Ming Wa Man.
• Chawla’s scoring displays included a 66-point clearance in the second frame and a 67-point run to seize control early in his matches.
• Paras Gupta clinched his last-16 berth by holding a 3-1 lead and then engineering a match-winning 32-break on the final black to defeat Qatar’s Mohanna Al Obaidli 4-3.
• Pushpender Singh opened with a 4-1 victory over Bangladesh’s Ziaur Rahman Azad but then fell 4-3 to Macao’s Chi Kin Chan and 4-2 to Pakistan’s Awais Ullah Munir, missing out on the knockout stage.
• The knockout phase of the ACBS Asian 6-Red Snooker Championship in Colombo is set to begin with last-16 matches on Tuesday.