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Advani to meet Sethi

Avinash Nair

BANGALORE: Pankaj Advani will meet Geet Sethi in the final of the 73rd Senior National Billiards championship. In the semifinals at the KSBA's McDowell Hall here on Sunday, Advani downed Rupesh Shah of Gujarat at 1557-736 and Sethi overwhelmed India's No. 2 Dhruv Sitwala 1256-904.

The results: Billiards: Men: Senior: Semifinals: Pankaj Advani (PSPB) bt Rupesh Shah (Guj) 1557-736; Geet Sethi (Guj) bt Dhruv Sitwala (PSPB) 1256-904. Places five to eight: Ashok Shandilya; B. Bhaskar, Alok Kumar (decided by toss of coin); Devendra Joshi. B. Bhaskar (Kar) bt Alok Kumar (PSPB) 382-187; Ashok Shandilya (Rlys) bt Devendra Joshi (PSPB) 263-237; Ashok Shandilya (Rlys) bt B. Bhaskar (Kar) 325-101. Sub-juniors: Semifinals: Shahbaaz Adil Khan (WB) bt Manish Jain (WB) 562-349.

Snooker: Sub-juniors: Pre-quarterfinals: Adnan Khan (UP) bt Lal Chhandama (Miz) 41-71, 57-28 (one frame awarded to Khan since Chhandama reported late for the match); Rovin D'Souza (Mah) bt Ankit Thakker (Mah) 70-15, 69-15; Umesh Gupta (Har) bt S. Dilip Kumar (TN) 58-36, 48-59, 60-33; Manish Jain (WB) bt M. Govardhana Rao (AP) 57-21, 39-45, 65-38; Aditya Agarwal (Mah) bt Ravnaq Vazirani (Guj) 48-39, 75-60; Shahbaaz Adil Khan (WB) bt Jaskaran Sodhi (Pun) 65-40, 68-28; Shravan Mohta (Mah) bt Arjan Anand (MP) 73-34, 65-29; Pushpender Singh (Del) bt Shivam Nag (Ori) 56-53, 74-37. Knock-out: Madan (Kar) bt Samarjit (TN) 54-44, 44-61, 57-56; Vivek Chopra (Pun) bt Pavan Ashok Shah (Kar) 59-13, 60-08; Nishad Y. Chaughule (Mah) bt Chirag Arora (Har) 63-26, 46-23; Arjan Anand (MP) bt P. Ashish (Kar) 48-61, 54-40, 66-26; M.L. Lakshman (Kar) bt Himanshu Jain (AP) 49-40, 49-46; Shivam Nag (Ori) bt M.K. Manoj (TN) 50-34, 34-55, 60-19; Akhil Patel (Mah) bt Prateek Sukanand (Kar) 28-61, 64-42, 65-40; Pushpender Singh (Del) bt Anuraj Jaiswal (Bhi) 61-16, 72-27; Lal Chhandama (Miz) bt Ketan Chawla (MP) 71-27, 64-37; Adnan Khan (UP) bt Vivan Sequeira (Kar) 38-64, 66-16, 69-43; Rovin D'Souza (Mah) bt Andy Chin (AP) 49-06, 27-70, 74-28; Ankit Thakker (Mah) bt Amit Bhushan (Kar) 69-55, 70-57; Umesh Gupta (Har) bt Nishit Chandran (Mah) 55-13, 65-39; S. Dilip Kumar (TN) bt Aditya Rajpal (Kar) 59-22, 58-30; M. Govardhan Rao (AP) bt Dinesh Joshi (Ori) 54-29, 39-43, 60-15;

Manish Jain (WB) bt K. Lallawmkima (Miz) 77-69, 69-62; Shravan Mohta (Mah) bt Vivek Chopra (Pun) 64-16, 75-64; Arjan Anand (MP) bt Nishad Y. Chaughule (Mah) 53-33, 21-63, 48-38; Shivam Nag (Ori) bt M.L. Lakshman (Kar) 53-47, 50-10; Pushpender Singh (Del) bt Akhil Patel (Mah) 68-30, 75-22; Ravnaq Vazirani (Guj) bt Vinay Swaminathan (WB) 52-39, 65-39; Aditya Agarwal (Mah) bt Kunal Agarwal (Ori) 60-34, 52-19; Shahbaaz Adil Khan (WB) bt Nikhil Kapay (JK) 61-05, 69-24; Jaskaran Sodhi (Pun) bt Madan.B (Kar) 60-24, 52-19.

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