What great recovery by Hassan Kerde of Australia who from 3-0 down against Brendan O’Donoghue of Ireland clawed his way back into the match and managed the seemingly impossible by winning 4-3.
Winner and Runner-up of this year's World 6Reds championship have lost their respective matches in the last 32 stage of this 15 reds snooker championship. Both the players, Duane Jones (Wales) and Michael Judge (Ireland), lost to Irishmen, Brenden O'Donoghue and David Hogan.
The big upset of the day was from the cue of Tetsuya Kuwata of Japan who defeated former World No.4 Soheil Vahedi of Iran. With an opening break of 83 points, Tetsuya exhibited his talent and made it clear that he was not intimidated by Vahedi’s achievements. Though Vahedi rose to the challenge and leveled the score line by winning the next frame but after that it was Tetsuya all always. He never allowed Vahedi into the match again as he maintained a good lead in remaining frames and succeeded in creating a massive depression in the Iranian camp.
