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KSBA trounces TNSBA

BANGALORE: Karnataka State Billiards Association (KSBA) trounced Tamil Nadu State Billiards Association (TNSBA) 9-4 in the annual twin-city exchange tournament at the KSBA premises here on Sunday.

The tournament was played in all seriousness with the likes of Pankaj Advani, B. Bhaskar, Chitra Magimairaj turning up for the host, while Vidya Pillai, Nadeem and Rafath Habib played for TNSBA.

The results (Karnataka names first):

Ladies snooker: Chitra Magimairaj lost to Vidya Pillai 1-2 (35-60, 47-26, 38-60); Ladies billiards: R. Umadevi bt Neena 165-78.

Men’s billiards (50 up format): G. Kishore Kumar lost to Ashok Kumar 2-3 (51-46, 50-27, 9-51, 10-51, 40-51).

Men’s billiards (150 up format): D. Rajkumar lost to Prem Prakash 0-2 (110-150, 35-150).

Men’s billiards (one hour format): B. Bhaskar bt Bhuvaneshwar 362-192.

Mixed doubles: Pankaj Advani & Umadevi bt Nadeem & Vidya Pillai 2-0 (69-8, 71-2).

Men’s snooker: M.S. Arun bt Girish 3-1 (63-38, 24-66, 61-45, 67-44); Pankaj Advani bt Lokanathan 3-0 (69-16, 96-25, 73-9); Sajan Bopanna lost to Rafath Habib 0-3 (34-69, 40-57, 35-59).

8 ball pool (race to 5): Mundir Sherazi bt Harpreet Singh 5-3; Balaji Reddy bt Kamaraj 5-3.

9 ball pool (race to 7): Amit Bhushan bt Sama Shroff 7-3; Vinay Katrela bt Varun Kumar 7-1. — Special Correspondent

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