Snooker: Lee beats Merchant, enters semifinals

England’s Stephen Lee beat Yasin Merchant 5-2 to enter the semifinals of the Rs. 22 lakh RKG-Khar Gymkhana snooker Masters 2013 here on Thursday.

The results: Quarterfinal: Stephen Lee (Eng) bt Yasin Merchant (Khar Gym) (75(64)-25, 71-41, 5-66, 67-9, 21-65, 70(59)-24, 69-58).

Round robin: Group A: Stephen Lee (Eng) bt Kamal Chawla (MP) 72-22, 0-88(67), 56-47, 19-69(69), 70-36, 24-108(57), 95(68)-0;

B: Michael Holt (Eng) bt Manan Chandra (PSPB) 104(97)-0, 87-55, 71-20, 57-34.

C: Aditya Mehta (Indian Oil) bt Nigel Bond (Eng) 75-8, 58-60, 22-63, 65-24, 67-37, 81(40)-13; D: Pankaj Advani (PSPB) bt Mohd. Al Joker (UAE) 124 (117unf), 76-23, 27-69, 6-90(85), 71(40)-21, 54-36.