Shivam Arora reaches World Games semifinal

Shivam Arora entered the World Games heyball semifinals in Chengdu, beating Yip Kin Ling 5-4. Sourav Kothari exited the snooker quarterfinals after a 0-2 loss to Xiao Guodong

Hyderabad: Shivam Arora, India’s leading exponent of heyball, the newest discipline in cue sports, powered into the semifinals at the World Games in Chengdu (China) on Tuesday.

Arora edged out Hong Kong China’s Yip Kin Ling in a thriller (5-4) to set up a semifinal meeting with Zhang Taiyi, who defeated fellow Chinese cueist Liu Xin 5-3 in another quarterfinal.

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Earlier in the morning, National champion Sourav Kothari bowed out in the quarterfinals of the snooker event. The 40-year-old failed to take the chances that came his way and went down 0-2 to China’s Xiao Guodong.