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Branden stuns Lahiri

Coimbatore: Branden Grace of South Africa proved he is no pushover as he stunned second seed Anirbhan Lahiri 5&4 in the second round of the 106th Royal Challenge all-India amateur golf championship on Thursday.

Local favourite Joseph Chakola quietly sailed into the quarterfinals defeating Gagan Verma 3&2.

Joining Chakola in the round of last eight were three-time winner of the Sri Lankan amateur and fifth seed Simarjeet Singh, third seed Ruan Botha of South Africa, top seed Abhishek Jha and 24th seed Akshay Butta.

The results: Pre-quarterfinals: Joseph Chakola bt Gagan Verma 3&2; Abhishek Jha bt Ajai Sirohi 3&1; Akshay Butta bt Shaurya Singh 1-up; Simarjeet Singh bt Mohammad Siddikur (Bangladesh) 3&2; Ruan Botha (South Africa) bt Mithun Perera (Sri Lanka) 5&3.

Second round: Branden Grace (South Africa) bt Anirban Lahiri 5&4; M. Siddikur bt Tariq Mehmood (Pakistan) 3&2; Simarjeet bt N. Nageshwaran 3&2; Mohammad Shahid (Bangladesh) bt H.S Kang 5&4; Vikram Rana bt Balwinder Mattu 1-up; M. Perera bt Jasjeet Singh 4&3; K. Prabagaran (Sri Lanka) bt R. Prithviraj 4&3; Ruan Botha bt Balpreet Singh 5&3; J. Chakola bt M.R Raja 5&4; Gagan Verma bt Parvesh Baisoya 7&6. — Sports Reporter

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