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Lucky, Bosco enter last four

VIJAYAWADA: AP Billiards & Snooker Association cueists Lucky Vatnani and John Bosco along with Rajiv and Simhadri Reddy made it to the last four in the billiards segment of the State senior-ranking tournament held at the LVR Club Reading Room, Guntur on Friday.

In the best of five 150-up format, Lucky defeated Govinda Raju Reddy of Rajahmundry 3-1 while Bosco outplayed local cueist S. Sankar with a similar margin.

In the snooker quarterfinals, Vatnani defeated P. Sudhakar 4-0, while Vijayawada's Kishore outclassed Kakinada's Rajiv 4-2.

John Bosco will clash with Ravi Shankar while S. Sankar would take on S. Praveen in the other quarterfinals.

The results (all quarterfinals):

Billiards: Lucky Vatnani (APBSA) bt Govinda Raju Reddy (Rjy) 3-1 (151-47, 126-150, 152-60, 150-120); Simhadri Reddy (Rjy) bt Hemant Kumar (Hyd) 3-1 (150-40, 150-67, 107-150, 150-127); John Bosco (APBSA) bt S. Sankar (LVR) 3-1 (138-150, 150-142, 150-77, 150-31); Rajiv (Kakinada) bt Harnath Reddy (Rjy) 3-1 (150-81, 150-41, 78-150, 158-89). Snooker: Lucky Vatnani (APBSA) bt P. Sudhakar (LVR) 4-0 (87-11, 107-7, 60-27, 69-15 breaks 52, 72, 45, 38); Prabhu Kishore (Vij) bt Rajiv (Kakinada) 4-2 (15-66, 73-41, 52-6, 35-51, 77-20, 56-43). — Sports Reporter

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