Maltese players win

Alex Borg and Simon Zammit registered their first wins in the 2008 IBSF World Championships, currently being played in Wels, Austria.

Alex Borg lost his opening match on Monday when he went down 4-1 to 2003 champion Pankaj Advani, of India. However, the Malta champion recovered well from that upset when he beat Northern Ireland's Jordan Brown 4-2 and potting a break of 100 in the process.

Frame scores: (Borg first) 82-21, 97(60)-0, 70-38, 24-86, 28-55, 100(100)-0.

From Group A, Zammit registered a 4-2 win over Roger Dumortier, of France, in his first showing in the tournament. Zammit and Dumortier shared the first four frames before the Maltese won the next two to secure a 4-2 win.

Frame scores: (Zammit first) 80-38, 39-64, 87-43, 28-70, 72(54)-20, 74-37.

Referee Emeric Ellul was also in action yesterday when he controlled the match between Lee Page, of England, and Germany's Lasse Munstermann. Page won 4-2.

The highest break of the championships so far is a 138 made by Julian Logue, of Northern Ireland.

Borg plays France's Jean-Marc Beauchamp today and Zammit plays James Wattana, of Thailand.