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Wednesday, Dec 14, 2005

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Chinese cueists on song

Special Correspondent

MUMBAI: Chinese cueists Jin Long and Tian Pengfai's fluency and tight play and Manan Chandra's 113-break were the highlights on day one of the Reid & Taylor-Bombay Gymkhana InstaSnooker tournament here on Tuesday.

The Chinese notched up two wins in the round robin phase, as did Indian pair of Yasin Merchant & Pankaj Advani.

The instant format places a limit on time between shots and duration of each frame, testing players' wits and skills.

The results (round robin), Indians unless stated:

Mohd Joker & Mohd Shehab (UAE) bt Geet Sethi & Omar Balsara 360-182.

Kobkit Palajin & Nitiwat Kanjanasri (Thai) bt Devendra Joshi & Aditya Mehta 390-242.

Saleh Mohd & Mohd Yusuf (Pak) bt Neeraj Kumar & Rupesh Shah 312-249.

Yasin Merchant & Pankaj Advani bt Alok Kumar & Manan Chandra 316-256; Jin Long & Tian Pengfai (Chn) bt Geet Sethi & Omar Balsara 527-168; Devendra Joshi & Aditya Mehta bt Mohd Joker & Mohd Shehab 371-203.

Yasin Merchant & Pankaj Advani bt Saleh Mohd & Mohd Yusuf 336-237; Alok Kumar & Manan Chandra bt Kobkit Palajin & Nitiwat Kanjanasri 325-310.

Jin Long & Tian Pengfei bt Neeraj Kumar & Rupesh Shah 362-219; Geet Sethi & Omar Balsara bt Devendra Joshi & Aditya Mehta 320-254.

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