Continuing their stunning domination, Indian cueists created history by securing all the four semifinal berths in the IBSF World Billiards Championship at Qawra, Malta on Saturday.
Geet Sethi, Devendra Joshi, Ashok Shandilya and Pankaj Advani stormed into the last four making it an all Indian affair for the first time in the history of the Championship.
In the two by one hour and a half session quarterfinals, top seed Geet Sethi defeated compatriot Alok Kumar 999-687 to set up a semi-final clash against Joshi, who overcame a stiff fight from Australia's Mathew Bolton 833-801.
Sixth seed Shandilya shocked third-seeded Joe Gretch of Malta 931-874 while Pankaj Advani dismissed the challenge of Australian Robby Foldvari 1111-544.
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