The Hindu : Ritu overcomes Saranya

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Tuesday, May 28, 2002

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Ritu overcomes Saranya

MUMBAI May 27. B. Saranya, a young cueist from Tamil Nadu, lent the touch of surprise to the opening day of the 5th All-India Ladies Open snooker (sponsored by Om Kotak Mahindra Life Insurance) on Monday, taking a frame off Ritu Shrivastava (Madhya Pradesh) in a Group B round-robin league match at the Bombay Gymkhana.

The latter won 43-16, 41-43, 44-35 against a talented junior who can only get sharper with experience.

Other results:

Group A: Uma Devi R (Kar) bt Anoo Kulkarni (Mah) 49-27, 69-40; Heena Khandelwal (Mah) bt Aditi Puranik (MP) 73-17, 66-25; Sangeeta Hemchand (Mah) bt A. Kulkarni (Mah) 55-30, 19-62, 64-56; Renu Bharkatiya (MP) bt A. Puranik (MP) 45-34, 21-48, 47-34.

Group B: Chitra Magimairaj (Kar) bt Seema Desai (Ben) 48-38, 49-14; Jagruti Patel (Mah) bt Seema (TN) 54-19, 48-31; S. Desai (Ben) bt Shradha Deshmukh (MP) 40-36, 56-24.

Group C: Ashwini Puranik (MP) bt Tusha Rastogi (Mah) 49-15, 65-10; Ritu Shrivastava (MP) bt B. Saranya (TN) 43-16, 41-43, 44-35; Sonal Mamoowala(Mah) bt T. Rastogi (Mah) 73-32, 48-21.

Group D: Anuja Thakur (Mah) bt Neena (TN) 58-22, 77-45; Sridevi T.V. (Kar) bt Neena (TN) 43-36, 44-31.

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