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Merchant at his best

By Our Special Correspondent

MUMBAI Oct. 3: Yasin Merchant showed off his mastery in a 5-1 win over Chirag Ramakrishnan, while youngsters Jaswinder Singh and Rishabh Thakkar made a favourable impression enroute to the snooker quarterfinals phase in the Rexello Castor P.J. Hindu Gymkhana All-India Open billiards and snooker tournament on Friday.

Sarang Shroff too advanced into the last eight stage but after overcoming a few hiccups on the way.

Jaswinder played the match of the day to down Busan Asian Games winner Rafat Habib 5-3, Rishabh's steady play found him a way past experienced Devendra Joshi 5-0.

The latter, however, forged ahead in the billiards event at the expense of Subhash Agrawal.

Former world champion Geet Sethi announced his intention of vying for title stakes by taking first four frames against S. Simachalam.

The results: Snooker (pre-quarterfinals): Jaswinder Singh bt Rafat Habib 5-3 (75-48, 22-63, 52-38, 71-26, 55-27, 22-69, 37-57, 65-42); Siddharth Anand bt Amit Khansaheb 5-1 (66-45, 66-54, 82-02, 71-31, 56-65, 47-37); Jatinder Dawer bt Nikhil Ootam 5-4 (1st frame awarded to Ootam), 63-31, 57-62, 43-22, 67-28, 67-60, 0-76(40), 25-51, 53-32); Rupesh Shah bt Mohd Asim 5-3 (54-14, 25-53, 51-45, 58-38, 28-69, 82-33, 34-61, 51-47).

Manan Chandra bt Marzdi Kalyaniwala 5-1 (64-13, 10-84 (54), 83 (51)-1, 81-20, 68-11, 89-32); Rishabh Thukral bt Amit Saboo 5-0 (70(41)-07, (63(48)-02, 62-10, 67-16, 79-21). Rishabh Thakkar bt Devendra Joshi 5-1 (59-57, 67-53, 59-46, 27-54, 66-37, 68-21).

Yasin Merchant bt Chirag Ramakrishnan 5-1 (61-24, 55-45, 127(45, 61)-08, 08-58, 61-29, 70-54); Sarang Shroff bt Manoj Kothari 5-2 (69-62, 80(45)-01, 60-29, 26-59, 43-64, 70-39, 61-28).

Billiards:

Rupesh Shah bt Varun Taneja 4-0 (151(62)-73, 152(57)-137, 152-71, 151-26); Geet Sethi bt S. Simachalam 4-0 (151(120)-80, 150(72)-29, 151(45, 77)-93, 151(99)-54).

Siddarth Parikh bt Jaswinder Singh 4-2 (150(75)-129, 150(69)-79(59), 83-151, 106-150, 150(51, 50)-37, 150(135)-62).

Devendra Joshi bt Subhash Agrawal 4-3 (116-150(90), 151(52)-19, 151(83, 56)-102(61), 94-152(57), 129-150(63), 152(86)-78, 150(89)-85.

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