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Advani prevails over Sethi in a thriller, enters semifinals

Y.B. Sarangi

AGRA: Pankaj Advani defeated Geet Sethi in a cliffhanger to book a berth in the semifinals of the National snooker championship on Friday.

In a quarterfinal battle lasting three hours and 15 minutes, Advani, representing Petroleum Sports Promotion Board (PSPB), beat the veteran cueist from Gujarat 60-57, 22-71, 40-87, 64-52, 93(93)-1, 34-92, 60-35, 28-62, 84-0.

The decider provided some nervous moments for both players. However, Advani wriggled out of the tough situation by potting a red ball from a very narrow angle, paving the way for his victory.

Other results: Men: Quarterfinals: Kamal Chawla (Rlys) bt Aditya Mehta (PSPB) 61-25, 59-18, 92-62, 65-22, 64-27; Yasin Merchant (Mah) bt Alok Kumar (PSPB) 69-62, 70-28, 97(97)-0, 65-26, 20-75, 53-19; Sourav Kothari (PSPB) bt Manan Chandra (PSPB) 53-48, 6-86(84), 57-41, 92-0, 27-67, 101-26, 82-25.

Round of 16: Pankaj Advani (PSPB) bt Lucky Vatnani (AP) 67-45, 72-28, 67-17, 11-70, 61-71, 71-0; Geet Sethi (Guj) bt I.H. Manudev (Kar) 57-12, 48-73, 15-67, 70-42, 79-17, 83-1; Yasin Merchant (Mah) bt Dhruv Sitwala (PSPB) 99-12, 46-71, 72-66, 64-7, 77-29; Sourav Kothari (PSPB) bt Balaji Reddy (Kar) 3-79, 83-22, 74-23, 58-64, 71-8, 75-59; Manan Chandra (PSPB) bt Sundeep Gulati (Del) 62-54, 36-77, 88-32, 77-29; Kamal Chawla (Rlys) bt Shahbaz Khan (PSPB) 28-97, 67-33, 79-12, 39-85, 82-0, 86-11; Aditya Mehta (PSPB) bt R. Girish (Rlys) 99-21, 75-22, 87-37, 0-102, 70-10; Alok Kumar (PSPB) bt Shyam Jagtiani (Rlys) 21-77, 89-17, 72-15, 56-20, 87-78.

Women: Main league: Aranxta Sanchis (Mah) bt Chitra Magimairaj (Kar) 46-30, 44-41; Ashwini Puranik (MP) bt Neena Praveen (TN) 50-33, 59-27; Keerath Bhandaal (Del) bt Neeta Kothari (WB) 80-42, 52-38; Anuja Chandra (PSPB) bt Suniti Damani (WB) 73-41, 60-14; Uma Devi (Kar) bt Neeta Sanghvi (Mah) 59-28, 62-13; Indira Hegde (Kar) bt Neha Sanghvi (Mah) 55-19, 71-26; Asha (TN) bt Varsha Sanjeev Kumar (Kar) 63-4, 68-49; Meenal Thakur (Mah) bt Renu Barkatiya (MP) 71-5, 81-16; Neeta Sanghvi (Mah) bt Keerath Bhandaal (Del) 61-47, 49-35; Vidya Pillai (TN) bt Sangeeta Hemchand (Mah) 68-11, 49-48 Anuja Chandra (PSPB) bt Heena Khandelwal (Mah) 50-34, 72-12; Suniti Damani (WB) bt Saraswati (Kar) 35-36, 60-19, 67-17.

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