Favourite Pankaj Advani cruised past Tushar Shreshtha 125-0, 103-11, 62-32 in their opening group stage match of the Senior National men's snooker championship here on Sunday.
Advani got going with a 125-break in the first frame, and didn't look back.
In the women's billiards event, M. Chitra defeated Keerath Bhandaal 77-49, 75-65 in the semifinals.
The results: Men’s snooker: Vishal Gundrecha (Guj) bt Aditya Agarwal (Rly) 9-50, 13-77, 53-13, 66-25, 71-17; Pankaj Advani (PSPB) bt Tushar Shreshtha (Bih) 125-0, 103-11, 62-32; K.S. Naveen Kumar (Kar) bt Peter Paul (Rly) 67-34, 29-60, 60-7, 42-52, 67-49; Mukund Bharadiya (Mah) bt E. Pandurangaiah (Rly) 70-7, 62-2, 63-36; Malkeet Singh (Rly) bt Priyank Jaiswal (MP) 89-6, 56-14, 62-31; Sundeep Gulati (Del) bt Harshit Verma (Utk) 78-30, 70-29, 90-0; Laxman Rawat (PSPB) bt Harshit Modani (Raj) 69-27, 71-2, 72-0; Dhvaj Haria (PSPB) bt Sahil Dogra (Utk) 55-19, 12-61, 64-43, 64-4.
Women’s billiards: Semifinals: M. Chitra (Kar) bt Keerath Bhandaal (Del) 77-49, 75-65; R. Umadevi (Kar) bt Varshaa Sanjeev (Kar) 75-52, 75-69.
Quarterfinals: Keerath bt Amee Kamani (MP) 50-35, 50-14; Chitra bt Vidya Pillai (Kar) 50-25, 51-8; Umadevi bt Arantxa Sanchis (Mah) 50-39, 50-38; Varshaa bt I. Lahari (Tel) 40-50, 51-16, 51-40.