Advani starts campaign with century break at Manisha Billiards, Snooker Championship

Abhishek Manroa January 23, 2012 0

Advani starts campaign with century break at Manisha Billiards, Snooker Championship

PUNE: Former World Champion Pankaj Advani started his campaign with a century break at the Manisha National Billiards & Snooker Championship at the PYC Hindu Gymkhana on Sunday.

In the round robin league for the national billiards championship the Bengaluru lad Advani representing PSPB scored a (3-1) {32-100, 103-22, 100(100)-0, 101-35} win over Tamil Nadu’s Bhuvaneshwaran in a Group A league match.

Another former world champion in fray Geet Sethi scored two back to back wins in Group C encounter Sethi representing Gujarat thumped Anmoldeep Singh of Punjab (3-0) { 101(47)-20, 100(98)-2, 101(59)-24 } and then Shekar Surve of Railway Sports Board (3-0) { 101-31, 101(78)-24, 102-82(52) }

Former world professional billiards silver medalist Devendra Joshi also started his campaign on a winning note in Group G, Joshi thrashed Assam’s Mridul Das (3-0) { 100(95)-0, 102(86)-0, 101(63)-12 }; ,

In a Group D encounter another former IBSF world professional billiards silver medalist, Dhruv Sitwala scored a ( 3-0) { 102 (52,50)-30, 100-57, 100-63 } win over MS Reddy of RSPB

In a group H encounter Asian gold Medalist Rafath Habib of RSPB ousted junior player Himanshu Jain of AP (3-1) { 100-63, 64-101(53), 100-28, 101-37 };

Following are the results: Senior Billiards Group: Round Robin: Main Draw:

Group A: DURGA PRASAD (RSPB) BEAT KANKAN SHAMSHI (3-0) { 100-39, 101-61, 101(54)-33 }; PANKAJ ADVANI (PSPB) BEAT BHUVANESHWARAN . D(TN) (3-1) {32-100, 103-22, 100(100)-0, 101-35};

Group B: B.BHASKAR(KAR) BEAT ANUPAM JHA (BIH) (3-0) { 102(69)-12, 100(57)-2, 101(56)-6 }; S.SIMHACHALAM(RSPB) BEAT NITIN KOHLI (UP) {101-40, 63-100(54), 100-84, 100-85 }; DHVAJ HARIA(GUJ) W/O KETAN CHAWLA (MP);

Group C: GEET SETHI (GUJ) BEAT ANMOLDEEP SINGH (PUB) (3-0) { 101(47)-20, 100(98)-2, 101(59)-24 }; I.V. RAJIV (AP) BEAT SHEKHAR SURVE (RSPB) (3-0) { 100-25, 100-44, 100-31 };

BRIJESH DAMANI (WB) BEAT V. SUBRAMANIAM (MAH) (3-2) { 102-27, 102-84, 98-102, 80-100,102-68};

GEET SETHI (GUJ) BEAT SHEKHAR SURVE (RSPB) (3-0) { 101-31, 101(78)-24, 102-82(52) }

Group D: ARUN AGRAWAL (MAH) BEAT D.RAJ KUMAR (KAR) (3-1) 100(49,48)-2, 85-101, 101(56)-73(57),100-2}; PREM PRAKASH (TN) BEAT SUBRAT DAS (ORI) (3-1) { 101-44, 62-102, 101-96, 101(52)-62 }; DHRUV SITWALA (PSPB) BEAT M.S.REDDY (RSPB) ( 3-0) { 102 (52,50)-30, 100-57, 100-63 };

Group E: MANISH JAIN (WB) BEAT RAJAT KHANEJA (PUB) (3-0) { 101(38)-7, 101(59)-31, 102-20 }; ASHOK SHANDILYA (RSPB) BEAT FARHAD TENGRA (MAH) (3-0) { 100-82, 104(85)-12, 100-45 }; SOURAV KOTHARI (PSPB) BEAT AHSAN-UL-HAQUE (ORI) (3-1) { 101-87, 102(53,49)-39, 100(44)-13, 100-56 );

Group F: RUPESH SHAH (PSPB) BEAT SASHA SAMBI (KAR) (3-0) { 101(62)-65, 101(95)-0, 102(54)-40 }; SHIVAM ARORA (BIH) BEAT SIDDHARTH PARIKH ( 3-1 ) { 3-102(94*), 102(38)-65(39), 103-61, 104-15 };

Group G: DEVENDRA JOSHI (PSPB) BEAT MRIDUL DAS (ASM) (3-0) { 100(95)-0, 102(86)-0, 101(63)-12 }; SHYAM JAGTIANI ( WB) BEAT RAJESH SHARMA (DLI) (3-0) { 101(75)-21, 101(82)-2, 100-62 }; SHAKEEL AHMED (WB) BEAT KUNWARDEEP SINGH (PUB) (3-0) { 101(44)-49, 102-4, 100-52 }

Group H: RAFAT HABIB (RSPB) BEAT HIMANSHU JAIN (AP) (3-1) { 100-63, 64-101(53), 100-28, 101-37 }; K. VENKATESHAM (RSPB) BEAT PARTHIV JHAVERI (GUJ) (3-2) { 80-100, 100(57)-66, 101(76)-0, 80-101, 101-66(57) }.