World Billiards Championships: Rupesh Shah, Sourav Kothari settle for bronze

India's Rupesh Shah and Sourav Kothari settled for bronze medals at the WBL Billiards (Long up) Championships. Rupesh was handed a defeat at the hands of David Causier in the last four stage of the tourney while Peter Gilchrist edged past Sourav Kothari in the other semifinals.

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World Billiards Championships: Rupesh Shah, Sourav Kothari settle for bronze

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India's Rupesh Shah and Sourav Kothari settled for bronze medals at the WBL Billiards (Long up) Championships. Rupesh was handed a defeat at the hands of David Causier in the last four stage of the tourney while Peter Gilchrist edged past Sourav Kothari in the other semifinals. 

Sourav lost a close contest to Causier losing by 47 points to settle for third place. Causier won 1250-1203. In the second semi-final, other Indian in the fray, Kothari also settled with bronze after losing to Multiple-time world champion, Peter Gilchrist of Singapore 1250-432. During the play, Peter made breaks of 105, 180, 138, 244, 141, 84, where Sourav could manage break of 209. 

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