Doha: Indian cueists Alok Kumar and Sundeep Gulati lost both their preliminary matches in the elimination round that will decide the qualifiers for the main draw of 64 in the World 9-ball pool championship here Sunday.
Alok Kumar lost to Greek Nick Ekonomonopoulos 5-9 and Austria's Mario He 5-9 while Gulati went down to Filipino Ramli Gallego 6-9 and Finland's Mika Immonan 5-9.