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Geet Sethi in splendid form

Avinash Nair

BANGALORE: Geet Sethi, former world champion was the `lord and master' at the table here on Saturday. The veteran sizzled with two 500 plus breaks — first in the pre-quarters against Railways Siddarth Parikh (break of 524) in the morning and then he came out firing in the evening against the dangerous Alok Kumar with a 546 that took the stuffing out of the Punjab and PSPB cueist in the quarters at 1404-649. Geet will meet PSPB's Pankaj Advani in the semifinals of the Jain Heights 73rd Senior National Billiards championship.

Gujarat's Rupesh Shah made it a double delight when he kept defending champion Devendra Joshi (PSPB) at bay to chalk out a thrilling 796-728 win. Rupesh will now run into PSPB's Dhruv Sitwala who annihilated B. Bhaskar's game plan with an 825-572 verdict.

Shahbaaz triumphs

Kolkata's 17-year-old Shahbaaz Adil Khan, playing only his second National, claimed the junior National billiards title with an all-win record in the semifinal league. At the Bowring Institute's Billiards Hall here, Shahbaaz, having won his earlier league matches against Manish Jain and Rishab Pandya, cruised along to a deserving 878-753 win over Aditya Agarwal of Maharashtra.

The results: Senior billiards; Quarterfinals: Geet Sethi (Guj) bt Alok Kumar (PSPB) 1404-649; Rupesh Shah (Guj) bt Devendra Joshi (PSPB) 796-728; Dhruv Sitwala (PSPB) bt B. Bhaskar (Krn) 825-572; Advani Advani (PSPB) bt Ashok Shandilya (Rlys) 1081-808. Pre-quarterfinals: Pankaj Advani bt Nitin Kohli (U) 996-433; Ashok Shandilya bt Arvind Savur (Krn) 1047-363; Devendra Joshi bt Sourav Kothari (PSPB) 762-412; Rupesh Shah bt Rafath Habib (Rlys) 819-280; B. Bhaskar bt K. Vekatesham (Rlys) 952-265; Druv Sitwala bt Arun Agarwal (Mah) 731-448; Alok Kumar bt Prem Prakash (TN) 637-558; Geet Sethi bt Siddarth Parikh (Rlys) 1131-203.

Sub-juniors snooker: knockout: Ketan Chawla (MP) bt Mansoor Iqbal (Kar) 45-06, 48-36; Ashish. P (Kar) bt Mani Satwick (AP) 60-26, 87-25; Himanshu Jain (AP) w/o. Anuj S. Lohade (Mah); Vivan Sequeira (Kar) bt Ishan R. Bhale (Mah) 62-52, 89-09; Adnan Khan (UP) bt M.L.Venugopal (Kar) 65-37, 35-67, 81-38; Rovin D'Souza (Mah) bt H.N. Naveen (Kar) 52-07, 57-36; Andy Chin (AP) bt Mihir Vora (Ori) 46-22, 62-25; Amit Bhushan (Kar) bt Gaurav Agarwal (MP) 60-40, 71-30; Nishit Chandan (Mah) bt J. Pranit (TN) 38-29, 55-32; Umesh Gupta (Har) bt Ashish Dudani (AP) 64-48, 62-11; S. Dilip Kumar (TN) bt Md.Raza (Ori) 51-50, 41-44, 49-34; Aditya Rajpal (Kar) bt Nikhil Ghadge (Mah) 58-33, 50-24; M. Govardhana Rao (AP) bt Mundir Sherazi (Kar) 35-44, 49-17, 74-38; Manish Jain (WB) bt Aashik Bakkesh Shamnur (Kar) 74-44, 79-11; Vinay Swaminathan (WB) bt Divej M. Mehta (Kar) 77-20, 67-20; Aditya Agarwal (Mah) bt Kunur Sagar (Har) 71-18, 80-22; Kunal Agarwal (Ori) bt B.Tarun Raj (AP) 43-40, 57-29; Nikhil Kapay (JK) bt Jital Kumar V. Shah (Kar) 55-24, 66-18; Jaskaran Sodhi (Pun) w/o Hari Prasad (TN).

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