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Sunday, Feb 15, 2004

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Big names take a beating

By Kirti Patil

GWALIOR, FEB. 14. The lesser-league cueists made a splash with just one day of league matches remaining in the 70th National snooker championship at the Jiwaji University here on Saturday.

Junior international Sourav Kothari, pro Manan Chandra and former champions Ashok Shandilya, Shyam Jagtiani and B.V.S. Murthy were all hanging on to a thin thread for qualification.

Junior Sumit Talwar, billiards specialist Mohammed Asim, Neeraj Kumar, Jaswinder Singh and John Bosco came up with some shocking results to leave the bility some unfamiliar names would be added to the pre-quarterfinal draw.

Former junior No. 4 Neeraj Kumar started the upheaval beating Shandilya. The 24-year-old Neeraj then went on the binge by winning his next two league matches in Group H.

The results:

Group A: Rishabh Thukral (Del) bt Chirag Ramakrishnan (Mah) 32-65, 48-14, 3-53, 61-19, 65-31, 58-35.

Group B: Sumit Talwar (Chd) bt A. Haque (Ori) 56-44, 67-29, 60-22, 64-27; Yasin Merchant (Mah) bt Sarad Pradhan (Meg) 100-0, 65-14, 67-27, 63-4; Sumit Talwar bt Nitin Kohli (UP) 66-56, 54-3, 61-8, 53-54, 44-9; Sourav Kothari (Ben) bt A. Haque 80-33, 73-5, 60-18, 66-12; Sourav Kothari bt Nitin Kohli 42-57, 51-61, 62-24, 64-13, 59-34, 59-40.

Group C: Dharminder Lilly (Pun) bt Nishit Prakash (UP) 51-69, 51-45, 104-0, 58-18, 55-13; Prem Prakash (TN) bt B. Bhaskar (Kar) 65-52, 79-35, 11-82, 26-84, 70-37, 14-80, 72-31; Dharminder Lilly bt Rajneesh Bansal (MP) 91-25, 74-32, 78-40, 31-59, 70-67; Nishit Prakash w/o Manish Srivastawa (Har); B. Bhaskar bt Manish Srivastawa 67-31, 66-42, 42-33, 1-80, 49-26.

Group D: Aditya Mehta (Mah) bt Sandeep Sharma (Har) 108-17, 63-23, 85-0, 63-5; Rafath Habib (Rly) bt Subrat Das (Ori) 71-6, 55-2, 73-23, 51-28; Aditya Mehta bt Rupesh Shah (Guj) 58-11, 68-11, 70-57, 57-64, 58-64, 77-41; Nitin Agarwal (MP) bt Sandeep Sharma 80-55, 57-32, 67-15, 62-23; Rupesh Shah bt Nitin Agarwal 87-2, 28-66, 36-89, 69-12, 85-25, 63-16.

Group E: John Bosco (AP) bt S. Mumtaz Ali (Bih) 62-51, 60-9, 27-68, 54-44, 54-27; R. Loganathan (TN) bt S. Mumtaz Ali 46-55, 42-65, 67-22, 55-24, 70-61, 68-32; R. Loganathan bt B.V.S. Murthy (Kar) 1-92, 70-14, 77-13, 70-53, 16-72, 74-3; B.V.S. Murthy bt S. Mumtaz Ali 61-27, 21-61, 55-49, 64-1, 67-1.

Group F: Alok Kumar (Pun) bt K. Someshwara Rao (AP) 66-14, 64-47, 77-26, 71-8; Lucky Vatnani (AP) bt K. Someshwara Rao 67-25, 77-11, 58-20, 56-46; Alok Kumar bt Kamal Rohmetra (J and K) 67-46, 34-42, 54-11, 96-34, 66-6.

Group G: Mohammed Asim (Rly) bt Pankaj Sood (HP) 76-49, 65-21, 60-63, 5-67, 63-41, 56-55.

Group H: Jaswinder Singh (Raj) bt Parthiv Jhaveri (Guj) 6-80, 62-33, 56-50, 56-4, 54-27; Anuj Uppal (Del) bt Jaswinder Singh 33-79, 74-31, 66-11, 29-55, 64-39, 48-69, 69-62; Neeraj Kumar (Bih) bt Parthiv Jhaveri 37-84, 77-40, 64-43, 30-72, 79-8, 62-44; Neeraj Kumar bt Anuj Uppal 18-69, 61-43, 45-58, 68-16, 77-8, 17-64, 74-24.

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