 Complete the following phrase:  In January 1998, he participated as an amateur player at the qualification for the 1998 World Snooker Championship and retired there in the first round against Ali Carter. By a 60 victory against Hitesh Naran in the final of the Africa  Middle East Tour qualifier Somauroo qualified for the main tour 199899 snooker season. In March 1999, he qualified at the China International for the first time for the round of the last 96, in which he defeated Paul Wykes 4: 5. In the 1999 World Cup, however, he was already eliminated in qualifying. At the end of the season, he reached the 117th place his best finish in the world rankings. In the 19992000 snooker season, he only took part in the qualification for the 