Indian cueists continued to impress�in the World Snooker Championship in Jiangmin city of China as five of the six players participating in the event won their respective ties on the third day of the flag-ship event.

Former Asian champion Yasin Merchant led the Indian charge, blanking Stephane Ochoiki of France 4-0 in Group F while national champion Pankaj Advani thrashed Dorj Bat Bekhbat of Mongolia in a group C tie by the same margin.

Alok Kumar won his Group H match comprehensively, beating Keng Kwang Chan of Singapore 4-0.

Merchant was at his aggressive best against the Frenchman as he registered breaks of 66, 92, 109 and 74 in consecutive frames to take the tie 90-35 107-1 118-14 92-24.

In other matches, the 19-year-old Advani recorded his second straight win by�blanking Bekhbat 123-7, 76-8, 98-26, 72-17 while Alok beat Chan 66-30, 77-40, 81-37, 79-6.

The Indian ladies, who are participating in the championship at their own cost, were not to be left behind as R Uma Devi sored an impressive 53-28, 79-21, 25-61, 67-29 victory over Jeff Tan Been of Singapore and Chitra Magimairajan defeated Belgium's Cathy Dehaene 49-40, 29-54, 53-23, 56-41.

The only disappointment of the day came when�national women's champion Vidya Pillai�failed to put up a fight against�world best Kelly Fisher and went down 0-3 in her second Group A tie.

Pillai lost the match 53-70, 27-79, 1-75.