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Habib-Shah still on top

MUMBAI Dec. 12. Rafath Habib and Rupesh Shah maintained pole position after five rounds of the Bombay Gymkhana men's doubles (time limit) invitation snooker tournament, sponsored by HDFC Asset Management and co-sponsored by DSP Merrill Lynch, on Friday, even as others inched closed to the leaders.

The front-runners, ahead 900 points after two games, proved too strong for the Siddharth Parekh-Geet Sethi duo on the second day of the round-robin matches at the Bombay Gymkhana Billiards Hall, though allowing Varun Taneja/Devendra Joshi to inch ahead later in the day.

Alok Kumar-Nalin Patel occupied the second spot.

Points position (after five matches):

Shah-Habib 1691; Kumar-Patel

1658; Chandra-Ramakrishnan 1615; Taneja-Joshi 1550; Advani-Khansaheb 1531; Merchant-Shandilya 1321 (four matches); Thukral-Kalyaniwala 1314; Parekh-Sethi 1231; Shroff-Balsara 1083.

The results: Yasin Merchant/Ashok Shandilya vs Varun Taneja 286-287; Alok Kumar/Nalin Patel vs Pankaj Advani/Amit Khansaheb 387-250; Siddarth Parekh/Geet Sethi vs Rafath Habib/Rupesh Shah 264-396; Manan

Chandra/Cherag Ramakrishnan vs Rishab Thukral/Marzdi Kalyaniwala 324-216; Merchant/ Shandilya vs Advani/Khansaheb 276-314; Kumar/Patel vs Sarang Shroff/Omar Balsara 454-160; Taneja/Joshi vs Habib/Shah 303-281; Parekh/Sethi vs Thukral/Kalyaniwala 291-296; Advani/Khansaheb vs

Shroff/Balsara 474-139; Kumar/Patel vs Chandra/Ramakrishnan 258-357.

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