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Advani, Sethi move up

V.V. Subrahmanyam

HYDERABAD: The big guns — Pankaj Advani and Geet Sethi — moved into the knock-out phase in the seniors snooker with methodical wins in crucial final round league matches of the Seaways Group-sponsored National billiards and snooker championship at Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy Indoor Stadium here on Thursday.

World champion Advani was a more comfortable 58-17, 49-44, 76-23 winner over Ashish Danda (Punjab) while Sethi warded off a spirited challenge from Amith Saboo of Maharashtra to record a 89-22, 58-47, 68-44 win in a late evening match.

One of the highlights of the day was Rajasekar Girish’s impressive performance. The Tamil Nadu player first got rid off Subrata Das of Orissa 62-11, 66-29, 60-52 and then beat I.V. Rajeev (AP) 53-11, 35-57, 67-21, 85-0 to top his group and qualify for the knock-out phase.

For the host, 23-year-old Hemanth Kumar provided the cheers, qualifying for the knock-out phase.

Correction: It was Nadeem Ahmed of Tamil Nadu who stunned Geet Sethi in a seniors snooker league match on Wednesday and not Nadeem Aziz of Karnataka as was reported in these columns on Thursday, based on the original official results.

The results:

Snooker: Seniors: League: R. Girish (TN) bt Subrata Das (Ori) 62-11, 66-29, 60-52; Sarang Shroff (Maha) bt I.V. Rajeev (AP) 21-57, 53-13, 58-67, 67-50, 77-0; Nitin Agarwal (MP) bt Sharat Pradhan (Mgly) 77-24, 74-24, 84-6; Kamal Chawla (Rlys) bt Rafath Habib (Rlys) 39-69, 7-71, 47-32, 80-66, 78-39; Hemanth Kumar (AP) bt R. Loganathan (TN) 75-90, 72-31, 10-55, 80-54, 64-52; Alok Kumar (PSPB) bt Wasim Ahmed (Rlys) 66-55, 62-37, 49-15; Sharavan Mohta (Maha) w/o. Shyamal Sharma (Bih); Anuj Uppal (Dli) bt Rahul Bhargava (Raj) 65-18, 69-11, 72-27; Rupesh Shah (Rlys) bt Manish Jain (WB) 76-26, 57-20, 66-35; Sundeep Gulati (Dli) bt Anand Sharma(Har) 57-13, 54-18, 73-9; Yasin Merchant (Maha) bt Dhruv Varma (Pjb) 113-0, 60-30, 55-48; Pankaj Advani (PSPB) bt Ashish Danda (Pjb) 58-17, 49-44, 76-23; Varun Kumar(TN) bt Raunaq Vazrani (Guj) 56-33, 45-70, 15-63, 54-28, 71-38; Nishit Prakash (U.P.) bt S.Mumtaz Ali (JRD) 29-67, 63-28, 46-42, 58-45; Manan Chandra (PSPB) bt R.Kamal (J & K) 97-9, 73-14, 75-11; Ashok Sandlya (Rlys) bt S. Shankar Rao (AP) 58-3, 64-54, 48-15; Raj Kumar (Kar) bt Aksar-ul-Haque (Ori) 64-51, 61-38, 66-56; Jhanjariya(MP) bt Dwaj Haria(Guj) 47-22, 10-51, 58-37, 68-56; R.Girish (TN) bt I.V. Rajeev (AP) 53-11, 35-57, 67-21, 85-0; Sarang Shroff (Maha) bt Subrata Das (Ori) 66-14, 59-28, 52-43; Saurav Kothari (PSPB) bt Sajan Bopanna (Kar) 61-41, 55-40, 25-70, 78-1.

Juniors: Aashish Lunawat (Kar) bt Jai Krishna (AP) 49-18, 48-34, 46-71, 67-25; David Bose (AP) bt Pandu Ranga Rao (AP) 79-17, 16-59, 37-62, 63-39, 65-57; Satbir (Maha) bt Ashish (AP) 76-45, 54-49, 54-18; Reza Merchant (Maha) bt Ketan Chawla (MP) 34-68, 64-53, 56-57, 60-21, 62-10; Mundir Sherazi (Kar) bt P.Kameshwar Sharma (AP) 77-43, 51-41, 44-58, 60-22; Shoaib Khan (WB) bt Archit Kohli (AP) 31-61, 44-63, 57-30, 58-51, 53-23; Jeethu Grover (AP) bt A. Gandhi (MP) 57-48, 49-61, 3-69, 82-39, 65-45; David Bose (WB) bt Aashish Lunawat (Kar) 41-50, 55-35, 70-39, 34-47, 77-68; Mundir Sherazi (Kar) beat Reza Merchant (Maha) 57-48, 39-62, 60-33, 54-33.

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