Former Asian champion Alok Kumar rallied from one frame down to beat Dhvaj Haria in a Group D match of the Asian billiards championship here on Tuesday.
The results (Indians unless specified): Billiards: Group A: Aung Htay (Myn) bt K. Venkatesham 100-81, 101-35, 37-101, 100(100)-0, 56-103, 102(87)-15; Group B: Nguyen Thanh Binh (Vie) bt Mohd. Yousef (Pak) 101-42, 100(96)-90, 100-82, 100-80; Group C: Nguyen Thanh Long (Vie) bt Fan Kian Sang (Sin) 100-20, 100-43, 100-30, 101-79; Group D: Alok Kumar bt Dhvaj Haria 62-102, 101-37, 100(65)-41, 102-9, 100(32)-54
Monday’s results: Group A: K. Venkatesham bt Thawat Sujaritthurakarn (Tha) 26-100(56), 102-16, 35-101, 101(90)-0, 100(85)-78, 102(91)-2; Group B: Praput Chaithanasukan (Tha) bt Nguyen Thanh Binh (Vie) 95-101, 0-100, 100-41, 102-2, 12-100, 100-8, 100-35; Ashok Shandilya bt Mohd. Yousef (Pak) 102-65, 100-25, 101(84)-24, 101(70)-14; Group C: Rupesh Shah bt B. Bhaskar 100-39, 101(99)-0, 100(83)-0, 100(96)-17; Group D: Dhvaj Haria bt Surya Suwannasinh (Tha) 100-69, 100-25, 93-100, 100-59, 100(83)-39.
Snooker: Under-21: Group A: Zhu Yinghui (Chn) bt Wan Nansen Sin Man (HK) 75-52, 83-24, 63-43, 38-78, 67-7; Badr Obaid Khalifa (UAE) bt Ishpreet Chadha 77-70, 11-76, 8-92(60), 67-18, 56-42, 69-34.
Group B: Noppon Saengkham (Tha) bt Changningtung Dong Dong (HK) 80(49)-42, 64-26, 95(95)-35, 89-6; Dhvaj Haria bt Khalid Kamali (UAE) 72(72)-20, 66(51)-10, 48-60, 16-56, 74-22, 42-30.
Group C: Zhou Yelong (Chn) bt Nitesh Madan 60(40)-28, 130(130)-1, 99(60)-20, 97(65)-25; Malkeet Singh bt Vishal Vaya 62-27, 37-48, 51-43, 60-17, 70-8; Ratchayothin Yotharuck (Tha) bt Ko Htet (Myn) 120(91)-0, 62(21)-40, 72(61)-30, 54-60, 55-43.
Group D: Maung Maung (Myn) bt Leong Nanhoi (HK) 67-10, 23-58, 28-67, 48-24, 77(56)-39, 73(40)-47; Mohammad Majid Ali (Pak) bt Nitesh Madan 54-3, 85(64)-0, 80-41, 77(55)-9; Boonyarit Keattikul (Tha) bt Zhou Yuelong (Chn) 91(79)-23, 72(58)-23, 85-27, 76-50.