Men’s snooker: Easy for Advani

January 21, 2018 09:52 pm | Updated 09:52 pm IST - Bengaluru

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.

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