Date:09/12/2004 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2004/12/09/stories/2004120907171800.htm

Sport - Billiards & Snooker

Shankar records win

HYDERABAD, DEC. 8. S. Shankar defeated Chetan Chabra 58-42, 75-5, 68-4 in the snooker second round of the AP State ranking billiards and snooker tournament here on Wednesday.

The results: second round: M. Srinivas Rao bt Md. Neemath 53-13, 72-35, 49-14; Aravind bt G. Nagaraju 58-42, 56-20, 78-13; Venugopal bt Bala Sundaram 64-20, 64-26, 53-27; Nizamuddin bt N. Srinivas 55-21, 50-30, 74-7; K. Someshwara Rao bt K. Prasad 51-20, 59-13, 38-16; I.V. Raju bt Madan Kumar 14-40, 47-7, 52-15, 53-39; Jude Alexander bt M. Murali 59-18, 33-60, 57-38, 58-36; S. Shankar bt Chetan Chabra 58-42, 75-5, 68-4; Eshwar Sastry bt Hari Mahima 57-16, 55-7, 68-35; S. Praveen bt Khaleel Feroz 60-12, 61-47, 37-85, 67-29; Kamal Hassan bt K. Venkatesh 66-37, 69-31, 47-32.

First round: Lokesh bt Paramesh 54-37, 63-32, 46-36; P.V. Satish bt Rajesh 65-17, 68-15, 54-40; Y. Gopalakrishna bt Vittal Rathod 50-62, 61-59, 53-43, 55-41; Ibrahim Khaja bt D.S. Rahul 18-50, 53-48, 31-66, 62-51, 54-38; Rehan Hassan bt Raja 58-53, 60-38, 57-46; Abhinay Reddy bt Gangadhar 30-65, 69-28, 50-63, 57-34, 57-46.