World Games - Taiwan*

Drawsheet

World Games

The World Games are taking place in Kaohsiung, Taiwan and the snooker has reached the semi-final stage.

Sixteen players began the quest for gold, including eleven former or current Main Tour representatives. The surprise of the first round was the 3-1 defeat of Ricky Walden, last season's Shanghai Masters champion, by Wu Yu Lin. He was one of several high profile players to go out in the opening round.

Nigel Bond and David Grace both made it through and followed that with victories in the quarter-finals. In the last four Bond will face Mohammed Shehab whilst Grace will take on Soheil Vahedi.

The semi-finals will be played on 25 July with the final the following day.

Full results below:

Last 16 (Best of 5 frames)

Shu Hung Lin (Ch Tai) 3-0 Francois Ellis (SA) 61-52, 70-29, 55-34

David Grace (UK) 3-2 Atthasit Mahitthi (Thai) 51-69, 76-43, 114-8, 0-90, 60-54

Glen Wilkinson (Aus) 1-3 Soheil Vehedi (Iran) 31-70, 58-27, 32-69, 54-58

Mike Dunn (UK) 2-3 Mohammed Awad (Egy) 34-65, 75-6, 24-62, 62-25, 62-69

Nigel Bond (UK) 3-0 Dene O'Kane (NZ) 84-25, 82-20, 67-42

Paul Davies (UK) 1-3 Thepchaiya Un Nooh (Thai) 68-23, 21-78, 20-74, 39-61

Stephen Craigie (UK) 2-3 Mohammed Shehab (UAE) 21-122, 60-40, 7-76, 52-39, 36-81

Wu Yu Lin (Ch Tai) 3-1 Ricky Walden (UK) 36-60, 61-45, 58-8, 75-19

Quarter-finals

David Grace 3-1 Shu Hun Lin 64-49, 99-14, 38-90, 77-43

Soheil Vahedi 3-1 Mohammed Awad 28-63, 95-6, 115-0, 72-50

Nigel Bond 3-2 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 52-71, 62-23, 71-37, 49-59, 60-36

Mohammed Shehab 3-0 Wu Yu Lin 60-31, 82-34, 77-22

Semi-finals

David Grace 3-1 Soheil Vahedi 41-63, 103-0, 63-12, 97-24

Nigel Bond 3-2 Mohammed Shehab 89-13, 40-69, 44-54, 62-20, 86-0

Bronze Medal Match
Mohammed Shehab 3-2 Soheil Vehedi 60-24, 16-75, 57-59, 78-47, 72-45

Gold Medal Match
Nigel Bond 3-0 David Grace 66-15, 77-3, 94-8