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Ashok Shandilya in last eight

MUMBAI Oct. 2. Ashok Shandilya and Dhruv Sitwala held centrestage alongwith Mohd. Asim when booking quarterfinal slots in the billiards event of the P.J.Hindu Gymkhana All-India Open billiards and snooker tournament, defeating Jatinder Dawer, Arun Agrawal and Chandu Shah respectively, on Thurday.

Shandilya notched breaks of 112, 80 in opening and third frmae for an easy win. Sitwala started with 103 break, followed by another century break in the fourth for a 4-1 victory, wiping out Agrawal's 61, 58 and 89 in first three frames respectively. Asim sparkled in a 4-1 verdict over Shah, building breaks with quiet efficiency (109, 56, 54, 55) as proof of excellent form at this phase of the tournament.

Former world billiards champion and current national coach Michael Ferreira was routed 3-0 by youngster Jaswinder Singh.

The results: Snooker (fourth round): Dhruv Sitwala bt Swapneet Singh 4-0 (60-13, 67-41, 66-15, 51-38); Anuj Uppal bt Arun Barve 4-0 (56-15, 67-27, 48-35, 56-2); Kamal Tulshan bt Vignesh Sanghvi 4-1 (56-53, 69-43, 71-35, 57-67, 72-13); Merzdi Kalyaniwala bt Manav Panchal 4-3 (67-36, 21-67, 36-71, 64-19, 28-61, 69-36, 66-24); Rishab Thakkar bt Rakesh Trivedi 4-0 (56-47, 64-34, 53-52, 57-46); Jaswinder Singh bt Sanjay Jhaveri 4-0 (50-37, 71-10, 67-26, 62-20).

Main draw: Amit Khansaheb bt Anuja Thakur 4-0 (49-41, 65(59)-13, 64-21, 66-46).

Billiards (main draw): Manoj Kothari bt L.S. Mhatre 3-1 (150-49, 73-150, 150-42, 150-35); Chandu Shah bt Nikhil Ootam 3-2 (85-151, 126-151, 150(88)-7, 151-134, 151(94)-45); Arun Agrawal bt Saurav Kothari 3-0 (151-80, 151(59)-79, 151-45); Jatinder Dawer bt V. Subramanium 3-2 ( 26-152(59), 150-44, 127-152, 152-89, 150-79); Subhash Agrawal bt Kamal Chawla 3-1 (150-90, 151(69)-39, 118(67)-151, 150-141(60); J Singh bt Michael Ferreira 3-0 (151-130, 151-146, 151-138); Varun Taneja bt Vishal Madan 3-1 (150-135(52), 150(64)-61, 80-150, 150-140); S. Simalachalam bt Omar Balsara 3-1 (151-127(55), 152-79, 142-150, 150-140).

Pre-quarterfinals: Ashok Shandilya bt J Dawer 4-0 (152(112)-37, 152-78, 150(52)-102, 151(80)-70); Md Asim bt C Shah 4-1 (155(66)-132(70), 151(109)-71, 151(56)-125, 92(54)-150(69), 151(55)-62; Dhruv Sitwala bt A. Agarwal 4-1 (152(103)-73(61), 151-52, 150(101)-86(58), 87-152(89). 151-33).

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