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Fruitful day for Sourav Kothari

CHENNAI: Sourav Kothari won his third straight match on Monday, beating Dharmendra Lilly 70-33, 68-36, 79-46, to be on the brink of qualifying for the knockout stage of the Madras Gymkhana Club all-India invitation snooker tournament.

After losing the first frame, Lilly played a closed game in the second, slowing down the pace of play to deny Sourav any momentum. However, fouls at crucial junctures let Sourav break free and he wrapped up the second frame.

The third was much more open with both players having equal chances to run up breaks and Sourav capitalised, closing out with a 62-point break after having trailed 17-46.

Earlier in the day, Faisal Khan became the first player to qualify for the next stage of the tournament when he beat Imran Ganj 71-13, 62-46, 53-34.

The results: Faisal Khan (Railways) bt M.S. Arun (Karnataka) 3-1 (51-61, 52-51, 64-18, 78-8), Nadeem Ahmed (TNBSA) bt Sameer Shroff (TNBSA) 3-1 (69-10, 56-26, 23-36, 62-11), Yasin Merchant (Maharashtra) bt Dharmendra Lilly (Punjab) 3-2 (40-84, 100-7, 54-64, 65-43, 96-8), Brijesh Damani (WB) bt Varun Kumar (TNBSA) 3-0 (81-32, 61-18, 86-0), M.S. Arun (Karnataka) bt Sameer Shroff 3-2 (16-69, 65-31, 60-67, 88-16), Devendra Joshi (PSPB) bt R. Girish (TNBSA) 3-1 (68-48, 44-63, 69-45, 72-0), Faisal Khan bt Imran Ganj (MCC) 3-0 (71-13, 62-46, 53-34), Rafath Habib (Railways) bt Nigel Lazar 3-0 (92-12, 72-27, 86-20), Lucky Vatnani (Andhra Pradesh) bt Harpreet Singh (MCC) 3-1 (83-35, 40-50, 74-59, 70-35), Kamal Chawla (Railways) bt Siddharth Rao (MGC) 3-1 (21-69, 64-47, 55-37, 77-50), Sourav Kothari (PSPB) bt Dharmendra Lilly 3-0 (70-33, 68-36, 79-46).

Sumeet on target

Sumeet H. Sanghavi won two events — air pistol and centre fire pistol — in the first members competition of the Chennai Rifle Club here on July 11 and 12.

The results: Air Rifle: 1. Shabbira Fathima, 2. Aadesh K. Chetty. Air pistol (men): 1. Sumeet H. Sanghavi, 2. Ramesh Balaji, 3. N. Tamil Selvan. Air-pistol (Jr-men): 1. R.M. Ashwin Kumar, 2. Diwan S. Babu, 3. R. Deepak. Air pistol (women): W. Mahalakshmi, 2. V. Vani, 3. C.V. Vanitha; Air pistol (Jr-women): 1. T. Valli, 2. N. Barati, 3. J. Hasna. Centre-fire pistol: 1. Sumeet H. Sanghavi.