Ajeya Prabhakar has got his Group L campaign in the Men's event of the 2019 International Billiards & Snooker Federation (IBSF) World Snooker Championships off to a fantastic start, as the Californian cued his way to record the first American victory at the Starlight Resort Hotel in Antalya, Turkey.

The two-time former United States National Snooker Champion was up against a very capable opponent in Shachar Ruberg, though he put in a very fine performance to defeat the 25-year-old from Israel.

Ruberg, who was a semifinalist in this year's European International Snooker Open, yesterday won his first Group match 4-0 against the Czech Republic's Osip Zusmanovic but lost his first frame of the Men's event when Prabhakar sealed it on the final black.

The Israeli was back on level terms after securing frame two, however a break of 68 by Prabkahar in the next frame edged him ahead once more at 2-1.

The match was all-square again after the fourth frame as Ruberg claimed it right at the end, but Prabhakar knuckled down to win the next frame and a 53 break in frame six clinched a superb 4-2 win.

Ahmed Aly Elsayed kicked-off his Group H quest in the Men's event with an unsuccessful start, as the reigning United States National Snooker Champion faced a very talented 16-year-old from China called Zhao Jianbo.

Zhao, who was invited to play in last month's Shanghai Masters though lost 6-2 to Ding Junhui, displayed what a great future prospect in the sport he is as he produced breaks of 64, 64 and 69 to defeat the New Yorker 4-1, though qualification out of the Group is still well within Aly's hands.

In the Masters' event, Nitin Mehta suffered defeat in his first Group M match, as he went down 3-1 to England's Graham Beardmore, and Amitabh Seth lost his first Group N tie to Iceland's Guðni Pálsson, 3-0.

Aly's Men's event playing schedule & results:
(start times are stated in local time, +3 hrs GMT)
Group H Match 1: October 30, 4pm start - lost to Zhao Jianbo (China) 1 - 4
Group H Match 2: October 31, 7pm start - vs. Ben Fortey (Wales)
Group H Match 3: November 1, 7pm start - vs. Tomas Kubicek (Czech Republic)
Group H Match 4: November 4, 1pm start - vs. Mhanaa Alobaidli (Qatar)

Prabhakar's Men's event playing schedule & results:
(start times are stated in local time, +3 hrs GMT)
Group L Match 1: October 30, 7pm start - def. Shachar Ruberg (Israel) 4 - 2
Group L Match 2: October 31, 7pm start - vs. Babar Masih (Pakistan)
Group L Match 3: November 1, 4pm start - vs. Osip Zusmanovic (Czech Republic)
Group L Match 4: November 2, 1pm start - vs. Kayhan Durukan (Turkey)

Kovacs's Men's event playing schedule & results:
(start times are stated in local time, +3 hrs GMT)
Group M Match 1: October 29, 4pm start - lost to Mateusz Baranowski (Poland) 0 - 4
Group M Match 2: October 31, 7pm start - vs. Mihai Vladu (Romania)
Group M Match 3: November 1, 4pm start - vs. Milad Fathpour Kashani (Iran)
Group M Match 4: November 2, 1pm start - vs. Ali Hussein (Iraq)

Mehta's Masters' event playing schedule & results:
(start times are stated in local time, +3 hrs GMT)
Group M Match 1: October 30, 10am start - lost to Graham Beardmore (England) 1 - 3
Group M Match 2: November 1, 10am start - vs. Steven Thomas (Wales)
Group M Match 3: November 2, 4pm start - vs. Ihab Al-Salih (Iraq)
Group M Match 4: November 5, 4pm start - vs. Anuj Uppal (India)

Seth's Masters' event playing schedule & results:
(start times are stated in local time, +3 hrs GMT)
Group N Match 1: October 30, 4pm start - lost to Guðni Pálsson (Iceland) 0 - 3
Group N Match 2: November 1, 4pm start - vs. Alok Kumar (India)
Group N Match 3: November 4, 4pm start - vs. Muhammed Leysi (Turkey)
Group N Match 4: November 5, 4pm start - vs. Mohammad Al-Binali (Qatar)

SnookerUSA.com will report on all of the United States players' match results throughout the Championships.