Snookerered

Yasin Merchant bowed out of the snooker singles event losing to China8217;s Jin long in the preliminary round here today. Yasin, who teamed up with Rafath Habib to fetch India their first and only gold in the games, lost 1-3 to his Chinese opponent. India met with a similar fate in the billiards pool nine-ball singles event too with Dharminder Lilly losing 4-11 to Singapore8217;s Choon Tey kiat.

Ravinder on mat

India8217;s hopes for winning a medal in wrestling suffered a jolt when grappler Ravinder Singh lost 4-0 to Japan8217;s Makoto Sasamoto in the preliminary round of the men8217;s 60kg Greco-Roman event today. Ravinder, who was the only Indian in the fray, could not secure a single point against Makoto who displayed very good techinques to pin the Indian to the mat for most part of the contest.