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New Delhi, July 21 (PTI) Veteran Yasin Merchant and Manan Chandra will return empty handed from Sangsom Six-Red World Snooker Championship as both of them have failed to win a single match at the event in Bangkok. Merchant has lost three and Chandra four out of the five preliminary stage matches. Even if they win their remaining matches, they cannot qualify for the pre-quarterfinal stage. Merchant, who was drubbed 5-0 by Australia''s Glen Wilkinson on the opening day, suffered twin defeats last night which put him out of contention. Chandra also lost of both his matches in Group D last night, taking the tally of defeats to four out of four. Chandra had earlier lost to Wales'' Andrew Pagett 5-2 and Thailand''s Rachapol Pu-Ob-Orm 5-4 on the first day. Playing in Group ''C'', Merchant failed to showcase his cue control and masterly dipping of the multicolored for which he is famous for and went down to Thailand''s Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (1-5) 22-41 01-36 20-32 00-41 43-03 09-37. Bespectacled Merchant struggled against Thai from the vey onset of the match who offered very little opportunities. Thepchaiya carved out two superb breaks of 41 en route to a resounding victory. In his second match, things didn''t get better for the Indian as English strong-man Mark Selby outclassed him with an identical 5-1 frameline. Selby kept Merchant under pressure with lovely safety positional play and with touch of softness dipped the colored ball in different pockets much to the liking of the audience. Merchant lost 14-29 31-34 08-48 42-00 00-69 00-59. Last three frames witnessed better brand of potting and positional play from Selby. In Group ''D'', Chandra once again failed to lift his game at the crucial junctures and lost both his matches after a brief fight. Chandra''s early strides were ended in a blaze of glory by England''s Nigel Bond in the first encounter who defeated him 5-1. The 2006 IBSF world championship semi-finalist Chandra failed to peak at the right time and lost 60-01 08-55 06-52 00-77 00-61 11-46. In the last match of the day, Chandra, however, showed nerves of steal in a highly pressure situation when he turned the table on Englishman Gerard Greene, winning the first three frames. But Greene, in a dramatic turn around, grabbed the fourth and then last four frames to cause upset. Chandra went down 38-00 61-00 58-00 25-34 34-31 00-39 00-42 20-45 34-36.
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