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Devendra Joshi begins well

Principal Correspondent

Bangalore: Defending champion Devendra Joshi (PSPB) opened his campaign in the Jain Heights National billiards championship with a win over Tamil Nadu's Rafath Habib 600-298 in the main draw that commenced at the KSBA Hall here on Tuesday.

Asian Games gold medallist Pankaj Advani defeated Simhachalam 572-271.

The results:

Main draw: Seniors: Devendra Joshi (PSPB) bt Rafath Habib (TN) 600-298; Lucky Vatnani (AP) bt S. Mumtaz Ali (Jhar) 340-330; Ravnaq Vazirani (Guj) w/o Nitin Agarwal (MP); Dhruv Sitwala (PSPB) bt Shyam Jagtiani 304-234; Nitin Kohli (UP) bt D. Raj Kumar (Kar) 427-329; Ahsan Ul Haque (Ori) bt Sandeep Gulati (Del) 333-332; Sourav Kothari bt Md. Asim (Rlys) 339-256; Arvind Savur (Kar) bt Md. Akram Khan (WB) 618-265; Tarun Chandra Saraf (Bih) bt Praveen Kumar (TN) 387-378; Rupesh Shah (Guj) bt Shravan Mohta (Mah) 406-281; K. Venkatesham (Rly) bt Omar Balsara (Mah) 431-337; Anish Parekh (Jhar) bt I.V. Rajiv (TN) 409-321; B. Bhaskar (Kar) bt Yogesh Rai (Rly) 371-249; R. Prabhakar (TN) bt Chetan Chabra (Har) 530-219; Pankaj Advani (PSPB) bt S. Simhachalam (Rly) 572-271; Shakil Ahmed (WB) bt Rahul Bhargava (RJ) 595-129; Siddharth Parikh (Rly) bt Subrat Das (Ori) 449-247; Rafath Habib (Rly) bt S. Mumtaz Ali (Jhar) 443-324; Lucky Vatnani (AP) w/o Nitin Agarwal (MP); Devendra Joshi (PSPB) bt Ravnaq Vazirani (Guj) 788-198; Nitin Kohli (UP) bt Shyam Jagtiani 331-267; D. Raj Kumar (Kar) bt Ahsan Ul Haque (Ori) 503-322; Dhruv Sitwala (PSPB) bt Sandeep Gulati (Del) 680-154; Geet Sethi (Guj) bt Varun Taneja (Rly) 513-290; Arun Agarwal (Mah) bt Raghoo Sinha (UP) 465-463; Sonam Bhutia (WB) bt Aman Goyal (Har) 341-228; Prem Prakash (TN) bt A. Satish Kumar (Kar) 764-223; Alok Kumar (PSPB) bt Shyamal Sharma (Bih) 695-200; Antim Singhi (Rly) bt Rahul Agarwal (MP) 396-244. Juniors: Inderjeet Singh (Jhar) bt Prateek Gopal Sharma (UP) 441-440; Arjan Anand (MP) bt Himanshu Arora (Raj) 364-210; Ashish Kumar (AP) bt Neville Anklesaria (Jhar) 583-152; Manish Jain (WB) bt Amit Ahuja (Har) 573-197; Aparajit Mittal (Mah) bt Manek Chabra (Bih) 405-287; Balaji Reddy (Kar) bt J.R. Pranit (TN) 486-417; Shahbaz Adil Khan (WB) w/o Tarun Gupta (Del); Shravan Mohta (Mah) bt Sureet Singh (Ori) 631-338; Amir Jussain (WB) bt Pushpinder Singh (Del) 474-422; Dhwaj Haria (Guj) bt Gulshan Keshwani (Raj) 529-203.

Monday's results (qualifiers):Seniors: S.N. Nagesh (Kar) bt Sandeep Dhandaria (WB) 389-283; Varun Taneja (Rly) bt Manish Jain (WB) 507-753; Nishad Chougule (Mah) bt Rajeev Mohan (TN) 487-204; Sharan Mohta (Mah) bt Pranith (TN) 559-369; Shabaaz Adil Khan w/o M.S. Reddy; S. Parikh w/o Govind Reddy; Balaji Reddy (Kar) bt Ravi Kapoor (UP) 454-350; Khizen Roof (AP) bt Kunal Agarwal (Orissa) 537-447; D. Bhuvaneswaran bt Prabhu Kishan (AP) 330-254; Shyam Jagthyani (Rly) bt Vivek Pathak (Del) 720-166; Simhachalam (Rly) bt R. Hemanth Kumar (AP) 457-362; R. Prabhakar (TN) bt Nagesh (Kar) 525-394; Antim Singhi (TN) bt Nishaad Chougule (Mah) 504-219; S. Parikh (Rly) w/o Aditya Mohta (Mah); Varun Taneja (Rly) bt Srinivasa Rao (AP) 485-398.

Juniors: Nishit Chandan (Mah) w/o Siddharth Patni (MP); Mundir Sherazi (Kar) bt Govardhan Rao (AP) 355-343; Aditya Agarwal (Mah) bt Vinay Swaminathan (WB) 593-318; Shabbaz Adil Khan (WB) bt Reza Merchant (Mah) 643-268; Ankith Thakkar (Mah) bt M. Sujith (AP) 435-335.

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