Date:06/12/2004 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2004/12/06/stories/2004120607771600.htm

Sport - Billiards & Snooker

Lucky to take on Harinath

HYDERABAD, DEC. 5. Lucky Vatnani will take on Harinath Reddy in the junior billiards final of the AP State-ranking billiards and snooker tournament. In the semifinals on Sunday, Vatnani defeated Hemanth Kumar 399-294 while Harinath Reddy got the better of Ashish Kumar 332-251.

The results: Billiards: Junior: semifinals: Lucky Vatnani bt Hemanth Kumar 399-294; Harinath Reddy bt Ashish Kumar 332-251.

Men: first round: M. Srinivasa Rao bt D. Prakash 615-277; I.V. Raju bt Nizamuddin 618-321; Tarun Gupta bt Srikanth 560-313; John Bosco bt Prasad 378-295; Khizar Raoof bt Srinath 415-350; T.N. Pradeep bt Krishna Teja 481-196; K. Someshwar Rao bt Venugopal 643-348; Hemanth Kumar bt Anand Kumar 470-246; S. Praveen bt Prabhu Kishore 340-230; M.A. Muneem bt B.L. Somayajulu 435-385.

Snooker: Juniors: quarterfinals: Lucky Vatnani bt Khaleel 76-4, 63-12; Arvind bt Ashish Kumar 46-64, 65-18, 67-45, 63-62; Chetan Chabra bt Ramakrishna 41-55, 60-34, 77-5, 59-25; Khizar Raoof bt Harinath Reddy 70-10, 62-22, 48-10.