Date:16/01/2006 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2006/01/16/stories/2006011607781800.htm

Sport - Billiards & Snooker

All big names advance to last 32 stage

S.R. Suryanarayan

CHENNAI: With all the big names going through, as also promising youngsters, the snooker competition reached the last 32 stage on Sunday in the LIC-BSNL National championship here.

The results: snooker: league phase: Group A: Alok Kumar (PSPB) bt Antim Singhi (Rlys) 64-38, 140-0, 79-53; Aditya Goenka (WB) bt R.K. Pradhan (Ori) 81-44, 16-74, 43-64, 54-25, 78-25; A. Kumar bt A. Goenka 127-1, 42-52, 60-7, 130-1; Alok Kumar bt R.K. Pradhan 91-17, 58-13, 50-9. Group B: Raunaq Vazirani (Guj) bt Umar Humayoon (J&K) 15-66, 53-39, 31-51, 77-57, 77-42; Devendra Joshi (PSPB) bt Parbath (Kar) 66-29, 72-34, 72-24; Devendra Joshi bt Raunaq Vazirani 82-16, 87-25, 76-12; Devendra Joshi bt Umar Humayoon 44-45, 57-50, 52-64; 82-2, 62-10.

Group C: John Bosco (AP) bt Deepak (Har) 58-29, 67-7, 61-18; Pankaj Advani (PSPB) bt Kamal Chawla (Rlys) 84-10, 75-32, 62-5; Pankaj Advani bt John Bosco 76-22 67-25, 69-18; Pankaj Advani bt Deepak 63-55, 94-14, 68-67.

Group D: Sumeet Talwar (Chd) bt Arun Madhu (Raj) 54-38, 76-31, 81-26; Aditya Mehta (Mah) bt Yatheendra Raj (TN) 60-44, 48-28, 61-17; Aditya Mehta bt Sumeet Talwar 55-49, 74-15, 69-29; Aditya Mehta bt Arun Madhu 111-23, 79-37, 80-20. Group E: B.V. Srinivasa Murthy (Kar) bt Nishit Prakash (UP) 74-20, 86-7, 60-18; Yasin Merchant (Mah) bt M.C. Manoj (TN) 58-7, 79-13, 82-1; Yasin Merchant bt B.V.S. Murthy 66-37, 81-18, 70-0; Yasin Merchant bt Nishit Prakash 80-28, 78-8, 97-0.

Group F: J. Varun Kumar (TN) bt Joy Mehta (Pun) 91-21, 82-32, 59-38; Neeraj Kumar (Bih) bt Sarang Shroff (Mah) 66-36, 1-115, 12-76, 71-61, 63-47; Varun Kumar bt Neeraj Kumar 8-75, 24-60, 74-66, 68-25, 64-27; Neeraj Kumar bt Joy Mehta 53-38, 59-45, 71-27. Group G: B. Bhaskar (Kar) bt Chetan Chabria (Har) 54-62, 77-0, 77-18, 80-39; Manan Chandra (Del) bt Lucky Vatnani (AP) 85-28, 98-0, 75-14; Manan Chandra bt Chetan Chabria 78-9, 64-48, 78-15; Manan Chandra bt B. Bhaskar 68-60, 84-47, 88-1.

Group H: Arvind Savur (Kar) bt Nitin Agarwal (MP) 67-13, 66-47, 33-70, 37-79, 71-42; Rupesh Shah (Guj) bt Prem Prakash (TN) 13-59, 17-52, 89 -0, 52-17, 69-48; Rupesh Shah bt Arvind Savur 86-14, 59-55, 69-34; Rupesh Shah bt Nitin Agarwal 60-19, 58-43, 57-65, 50-39.

Group I: Siddharth Anand (Del) bt Manoj Varma (Bih) 72-32, 83-0, 58-44; K.S. Rao (AP) bt Dhruv Sitwala (PSPB) 70-33, 72-21, 75-39; Dhruv Sitwala bt Manoj Verma 74-12, 73-9, 52-11; Siddharth Anand bt Dhruv Sitwala 61-30, 68-27, 60-35. Group J: Nadeem Ahmed (TN) bt Neeraj Khemka (WB) 64-1, 8-61, 64-1, 68-42; Chirag Ramakrishnan (Mah) bt Shakeel Ahmed (WB) 53-46, 47-55, 63-45, 43-53, 72-35; Chirag Ramakrishnan (Mah) bt Nadeem Ahmed (TN) 67-15, 60-52, 70-46; Chirag Ramakrishnan bt Neeraj Khemka 66-6, 73-46, 32-91, 115-22.

Group K: Harish Gandhi (MP) bt Utup Thomas (Ker) 62-16, 76-8, 82-11; Sourav Kothari (PSPB) bt Shravan Mohta (Mah) 27-51, 71-35, 55-26, 81-18; Sourav Kothari bt Utup Thomas 125-1, 77-25, 108-9; Sourav Kothari bt Harish Gandhi 61-58, 58-47, 57-47. Group L: S.A. Saleem (TN) bt Mohan George (Ker) 96-4, 77-60, 96-13; Sandeep Gulati (Del) bt Omar Balsara (Mah) 80-58, 27-68, 68-45, 51-43; Omar Balsara bt Mohan George 47-28, 80-18, 80-10; Omar Balsara bt S.A. Saleem 46-68, 44-67, 132-0, 59-35, 80-20.

Group M: Sumesh Turki (J&K) bt A Haque (Ori) 41-55, 53-13, 67-28, 64-28; Geet Sethi (Guj) bt Siddharth Rao (TN) 98-0, 93-14, 15-89, 19-95, 114-7; Siddarth Rao bt A. Haque 29-64, 77-28, 69-31, 77-89; Geet Sethi bt A. Haque 66-10, 87-44, 78-13; Geet Sethi bt Sumesh 30-64, 73-40, 70-25, 51-42. Group N: Faisal Khan (Del) bt Vinay Agarwal (UP) 77-5, 11-55, 72-57, 55-65, 66-38; Ashok Shandilya (Rlys) bt Siddharth Parikh (Rlys) 24-62, 78-15, 97-24, 90-23; Faisal Khan bt Siddarth Parekh (Rlys) 69-46, 82-5, 88-0; Ashok Shandilya bt Faizal Khan 78-51, 133-16, 70-24; Ashok Shandilya bt Vinayak 66-45, 63-27, 70-42.

Group O: Rafath Habib (Rlys) bt Subrat Das (Ori) 93-7, 63-8, 50-69, 41-8; S. Dass bt Shankar rao (AP) 39-69, 77-8, 71-23, 18-64, 57-54; Rafath Habib w/o Simran Singh; Rafath Habib bt Shankar Rao. Group P: Arpit Seth (Chd) bt A.F. Syed (TN) 51-42, 15-61, 66-65, 70-28; Dharminder Lilly (Pun) bt A.F. Syed 79-23, 70-48, 32-45, 105-23); D. Lilly bt Arpit 91-8, 95-17, 68-23; D. Lilly w/o Shyamlal Sharma (Bih).