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Advani, Joshi make progress

Principal Correspondent

Bangalore: The top players continued to progress on Wednesday in the Jain Heights National billiards championship being held here. Asian Games gold medallist Pankaj Advani, representing Petroleum Sports Promotion Board (PSPB), defeated Railways' Siddharth Parikh 482-127 while defending champion Devendra Joshi got a walk-over in his late evening match against Madhya Pradesh's Nitin Agarwal.

Meanwhile, fourth-seeded Rupesh Shah of Gujarat was in fine touch trouncing Jharkhand's Anish Parekh 878-84. Rupesh's highest break of 244, amidst a string of successful visits to the table, undid his rival. The host's B. Bhaskar brought cheer for local fans with a 593-188 victory over Tamil Nadu's R. Prabhakar. Geet Sethi also won defeating Sonam Bhutia 854-204.

The results:

Main draw: Seniors: Sourav Kothari (PSPB) bt Md. Akram Khan (WB) 323-251; Arvind Savur (Kar) bt Praveen Kumar (TN) 393-368; Md. Asim (Rly) bt Tarun Chandra Saraf (Bih) 561-187; Omar Balsara (Mah) bt Shravan Mohta (Mah) 386-366; K. Venkatsham (AP) bt Anish Parekh (Jhar) 377-347; Rupesh Shah (Guj) bt I.V. Rajiv (TN) 840-124; Yogesh Rai (Rly) bt Pushpender Singh (Del) 493-287; Ashok Shandilya (Rly) bt Chetan Chabra (Har) 732-133; B. Bhaskar (Kar) bt R. Prabhakar (TN) 593-188.

S. Simhachalam (Rly) bt Rahul Bhargava (Raj) 611-167; Shakil Ahmed (WB) bt Subrat Das (Ori) 366-239; Pankaj Advani (PSPB) bt Siddharth Parikh (Rly) 482-127; Varun Taneja (Rly) bt Raghoo Sinha (UP) 561-283; Arun Agarwal (Mah) bt Aman Goyal (Har) 695-99; Geet Sethi (Guj) bt Sonam Bhutia (WB) 854-204; Satish Kumar (Kar) bt Shyamal Sharma (Bih) 359-299; Alok Kumar (PSPB) bt Rahul Agarwal (MP) 627-285; Prem Prakash (TN) bt Antim Singhi (Rly) 535-362; Rupesh Shah (Guj) bt Anish Parekh (Jhar) 878-84; K. Venkatesham (AP) bt Shravan Mohta (Mah) 492-390.

Omar Bulsara (Mah) bt I.V. Rajiv (TN) 442-403; Md. Asim (Rly) bt Praveen Kumar (TN) 494-236; Arvind Savur (Kar) bt Sourav Kothari (PSPB) 393-344; Md. Akram Khan (WB) bt Tarun Chandra Saraf (Bih) 397-324; Dhruv Sitwala (PSPB) bt Ahsan Ul-Haque (Ori) 581-208; Shyam Jagtiani (Rly) bt D. Raj Kumar (Kar) 490-246; Nitin Kohli (UP) bt Sandeep (Del) 378-302; Devendra Joshi (PSPB) w/o Nitin Agarwal (MP); Rafath Habib (Rly) bt Lucky Vatnani (AP) 594-259; Ashok Shandilya (Rly) bt Pushpender Singh (Del) 626-255.

Juniors: Aditya Agarwal (Mah) bt Rahul Bajaj (Kar) 654-296; Rishah Pandya (Mah) bt Sumesh Turki (J&K) 563-306; M. Krishna Deep (AP) bt Kunal Agarwal (Ori) 445-414; Ajay Bhushan (Kar) bt Rahul Agarwal (MP) 424-394; Vinay Kothari (TN) bt Inderjeet Singh (Jhar) 376-273; Ravnaq Vazirani (Guj) bt Arjan Anand (MP) 435-375; Ashish Kumar (AP) bt Karan Anand (Mah) 493-427. Umesh Gupta (Har) bt Shivam Arora (Bih) 332-326; Manish Jain (WB) w/o Aparajit Mittal (Mah); Amir Hussain (WB) bt Dhwaj Haria (Guj) 472-382; Shahbaaz Adil Khan (WB) bt Shravan Mohta (Mah) 538-497; Ajay Bhushan (Kar) bt M. Krishna Deep (AP) 596-456; Vinay Kothari (TN) bt Sharan Rajani (Kar) 413-380; Ravnaq Vazirani (Guj) bt Balaji Reddy (Kar) 546-435; Aditya Agarwal (Mah) bt Ashish Kumar (AP) 567-436; Rishah Pandya (Mah) bt Umesh Gupta (Har) 583-186.

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