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Manoj proves too good for Rahul

V.V. Subrahmanyam

HYDERABAD: M.C. Manoj of Tamil Nadu came up with a performance that would have delighted the purists.

With a brilliant display of crisp potting and cue ball positioning, he registered a 72-36, 66-33, 62-18 win over Rahul Berlia of West Bengal in a second round match of the seniors’ snooker event of the Seaways Group-sponsored National billiards and snooker championships at the Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy Indoor Stadium here on Sunday.

The few fans who gathered at the venue could not have asked for more as Manoj was at his impressive best. All that his opponent could do was nod his head in appreciation repeatedly.

Andhra Pradesh’s K. Someshwara Rao registered a fluent 68-1, 75-42, 64-31 victory over Varun Madan of Delhi.

Saleem impresses

Tamil Nadu’s S.A. Saleem was also in good form and easily beat Karnataka’s Satish Kumar 62-20, 69-16, 61-34 while Shravan Mehta of Maharashtra was another cueist who impressed during his 62-26, 96-32, 69-10 effort against Dorai Raj (AP).

Contrasting day

It was a contrasting day for the Railway cueists.

While Shyam Jagtiani struggled past Delhi’s Harpreet Singh 65-79, 49-8, 81-46, 57-65, 75-25, Ashok Shandilya recorded a comfortable 82-20, 68-3, 95-9 win against Jatin Bhatia of Delhi.

The results:

Seniors: Snooker: Qualifying: Satyadeep bt Srinivas Rao 47-10, 47-58, 91-48, 42-34; Arun Chabra bt Rehan Hassan 62-19, 54-19, 51-37; Vivek Chopra bt Muzaffar Kamal 52-62, 16-61, 40-57, 66-33, 50-41; Aditya Hule bt Arun Chug 64-38, 60-31, 63-56; Joginder Singh bt Ramakanth 57-39, 60-15, 25-63, 64-50; Virendra Sharma bt Govindlal Chandani 55-19, 25-46, 20-58, 56-48, 63-53.

Vaibhav Metha bt Govardhan 50-63, 11-62, 60-56, 58-51, 55-35; Rovin D’Souza bt Pratap 62-36, 61-64, 59-36, 69-15; Vijay Kumar bt Manish Adanili 37-58, 52-9, 63-47, 57-51; Ashok Shandilya bt Jatin Bhatia 82-20, 68-3, 95-9; John Bosco bt L. Nagaraj 77-17, 59-8, 62-22; P. Chandu bt Ketan Chabra 69-62, 53-38, 66-40; Harpeet Singh bt Kalyan 78-22, 58-43, 56-57, 70-6; Prabhu Kishore bt Nakul Patel 68-27, 54-44, 42-49, 41-32.

Krishna Deep bt Jeet Kishore Das 10-57, 56-35, 58-30, 63-23; Susheel bt S. Chetan 59-52, 79-83, 59-36, 55-43; Akram Khan bt Hitesh Soni 18-87, 60-27, 10-66, 63-13, 53-40; S.A. Saleem bt Satish Kumar 62-20, 69-16, 61-34; David Bose w/o Nadeem Aziz; K. Someshwara Rao bt Varun Madan 68-1, 75-42, 64-31.

M.C. Manoj bt Rahul Berlia 72-36, 66-33, 62-18; Anand bt Sunny Solanki 63-36, 12-58, 59-52, 68-36; Shravan Mehta bt Dorai Raj 62-26, 96-32, 69-10; Vijay bt Chaitanya 51-12, 73-26, 48-35; Dhuvaj bt Nizamuddin 67-55, 27-72, 57-46, 64-58; P. Chandu w/o Anand Batiya; Shyam Jagtiani bt Harpeet Singh 65-79, 49-8, 81-46, 57-65, 75-25.

Juniors: Billiards: Main draw: Aditya Agarwal bt Himanshu Jain 529-292; Shravan Mohta bt Aayush Kumar 434-272; Sujit bt Amith Bhushan 450-311; Manish Jain bt Harshendu Giri 592-242; Shahbaz Ali Khan bt Pushpindher Singh 667-389; Kunal Agarwal bt Aamer Hussain 460-371.

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