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Elite cueists exit on a day of upsets

Mumbai: Aditya Mehta, Ashok Shandilya, Siddharth Parikh and Heena Khandelwal were among the elite cueists who made a premature exit on a dramatic day of upsets in the All India P.J. Hindu Gymkhana-Wilson Jones open handicap snooker tournament here on Tuesday.

Top seed and title favourite Aditya Mehta became the biggest casualty in the competition when he crashed to unknown Raju Mehta 0-2 in the third round.

The results (third round):

Vishnu Kedia (+50) bt Siraj Sheikh (+60) 98-97, 106-110, 126-97; Samir Kariya (+50) bt Siddharth Parikh (+20) 58-91, 106-97, 83-54; Lucky Vatnani (Hyd, +30) bt Maulick Merchant (+55) 102-84, 110-65; Sachin Sanchetti (+60) bt S. Vengurlekar (+45) 109-118, 126-53, 116-65; M.S. Arun (Kar, +55) bt Sanjiv Bijlani (+45) 105-58, 116-82; V. Shah (+60) bt Amit Sapru (+45) 102-69, 97-114, 134-103; Vishal Gelani (+55) bt Ashok Shandilya (+10) 71-85, 92-22, 89-86; V. Subramaniam (+40) bt Farhad Tengra (+25) 106-41, 97-65; Arun Barwe (Pune, +60) bt Heena Khandelwal (+55) 78-106, 120-96, 123-81; Sanjay Jhaveri (+45) bt Kaizad Fitter (+35) 121-78, 110-71; Meenal Thakur (+40) bt Irshad Ali (+60) 99-106, 112-111, 112-83. — PTI

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