Brendan O Donoghue is now the only Republic of Ireland player left in the 2011 World snooker Championships in India. Brendan will play Hossein Vafaei from Iran in the morning in the Q-finals and everyone in Ireland wish Brendan good luck in the match.
Earlier in the day Rodney Goggins lost in the last 48 round 0-4 to Vinnie Calabrese from Australia but Mark Tuite had a superb win over Antti Mannila from Finland 4 frames to nil. Brendan O Donoghue had a great victory over one of the top Indian players Manan Chandra 4 frames to 1.
In the last 32 round Mark played local hero Pankaj Advani and it was the Indian who played his best snooker in winning 5 frames to 0. Brendan again played great snooker in beating Fung Kwok Wai from Hong Kong 5 frames to 2 and move into the last 16.
In the last 16 the Nenagh man again showed why he is a former RIBSA number 1 in beating Omar Alkojah from Syria 5 frames to 1 to set up a match with the number one seed for the championship Hossein Vafaei.
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COME ON BRENDAN !!!!!!!
Last 16 Results
Hossein Vafaei Ayouri (Iran) beat Vinnie Calabrese (Australia) 5-0
74-06, 54-38, 94-09, 102(94)-08, 67(67)-38
Brandan ODonoghue (Ireland) beat Omar Alkojah (Syria) 5-1
89(82)-05, 57-43, 15-67, 74(74)-60, 69-37, 81-17
Kamal Chawla (India) beat Alok Kumar (India) 5-4
66-01, 04-120(58, 58), 26-66(50), 68-59(51), 37-67, 23-76(53), 69(69)-20, 67-31, 57-12
Kevin Van Hove (Belgium) beat Steve Mifsud (Australia) 5-0
68-18, 87(63)-29, 69-57, 80-29, 77-41
Pankaj Advani (India) beat Craig MacGillivray (Scotland) 5-3
86(60)-01, 08-86, 104(104)-00, 05-82(70), 54-18, 93-04, 10-66, 69-15
Peter Bullen (Belgium) beat Ehsan Heydari Nehzad (Iran) 5-1
33-55, 57-48, 79(72)-17, 62-56, 105(105)-00, 66-18
Thepchaiya Un Nooh (Thailand) beat Martin ODonnell (England) 5-2
134(130)-01, 66(66)-22, 40-72, 07-86(64), 80(71)-49, 94(65)-16, 78-26
Lee Walker (Wales) beat Imran Shahzad (Pakistan) 5-2
60(52)-12, 08-69, 96(69)-00, 00-81(72), 69(45)-00, 67-05, 73-41
