Alex Borg qualified into the knock-out stages of the 2008 IBSF World Snooker Championships which are being played in Wels, Austria when yesterday morning he beat local player Sebastian Hainzl 4-0.

It was a good performance from the Malta champion who knocked in breaks of 47, 114 and 73 to secure a place in the last 64 of the championships which start tomorrow. Borg is certain to finish second in Group H behind Pankaj Advani of India. At 10.00am today, Borg plays his last match in the group when he meets Robert Trinbacher of Switzerland.

Frame scores, Borg first: 96-17, 95(47)-12, 114(114)-0, 73(73)-11.

The other Maltese player in the Men’s event, Simon Zammit lost his second match in the group when he went down to Kirk Stevens of Canada 4-1 on Saturday. But he won his penultimate match yesterday to make sure of a place into the last 64. He beat Manuel Urban of Austria 4-0 while today he meets George Louca of Cyprus at 13.00hrs.

Frame scores, Zammit first: 49-39, 58-15, 94-11, 79-8.

From the Masters event, Tony Mifsud lost his fourth match from five matches when he went down to Rocky Cribb of New Zealand 1-3. Mifsud plays his last match today against Alexander Krnausek of Austria.

Frame scores, Mifsud first: 79-32, 40-54, 37-73, 39-69.