Manisha Billiards, Snooker Championships: Haria leads Juniors SF line-up
MUMBAI: Gujarat’s Dhvaj Haria, Madhiya Pradesh’s Ketan Chawla, Uttar Pradesh’s Malkeet Singh and Andhra Pradesh’s Himanshu Jain made it to the last-four stage in the Junior category of the Manisha National Snooker and Billiards championships at the PYC Hindu Gymkhana, Pune on Sunday.
The event is being organized under the umbrella of BSAM.
Haria scored a 569-403 win over Delhi’s Laxman Rawat, while Chawla scored a 690-387 win over Tamil Nadu’s player Peter Paul, Malkeet Singh also put out another TN player B Jagadish 466-329, Hyderabad’s Himanshu scored a 468-353 win over Utsav Ramani of Gujarat in the quarter finals.
The players will now play a round robin format for the title.
Local lad Yash Deshpande was the lone player from the city to make it to the fourth round of the sub junior national snooker event. The 18-year-old Deshpande representing the state edged out Gujarat’s Utsav Ramani (2-1) 44-24, 01-83, 51-43 in the third round.
State junior champ Jaiveer Dhingra scored a 50-27,65-28 win over Rajshtan’s Bhanu Sharma, another state lad Ishpreet Singh Chada scored a 56-26, 51-36 win over MP’s Yash Bansal to move into round four of the event
JUNIOR BILLIARDS (SECOND ROUND)
Laxman Rawat(DLI) bt Ishpreet Chada(Mah) 518-447
Peter Paul(TN) bt Jaiveer Dhingra(Mah) 450-446
Ketan Chawla(MP) bt Sahil Nayyar(Pun) 518-350
Malkeet Singh (UP) bt Kabil Badami(Mah) 417-313
B Jagadish(TN) bt Harshit Sharma(MP) 370-355
Himanshu Jain(AP) bt Rishit Jain (DLI) 420-309
Utsav Ramani (Guj) bt Gurbachan Singh(WB) 499-252
QUARTER FINALS
Dhvaj Haria (Guj) bt Laxman Rawat(Delhi) 569-403
Ketan Chawla(MP) bt Peter Paul(TN) 690-387
Malkeet Singh (UP) btB Jagadish(TN) 466-329
Himanshu Jain (AP) bt Utsav Ramani (Guj) 468-353
Sub Junior Snooker (3rd Round)
Ashutosh Padhy(Ors) bt Nikhil Pise(Kar)26-56,70-15,78-32
Sahil Nayyar(PUN) bt Suraj Singh(Kar) 60-29,55-16
Jaiveer Dhingra(Mah) bt Bhanu Sharma (Raj) 50-27,65-28
Yash Deshpande(Mah)bt Utsav Ramani(Guj) 44-24,01-83, 51-43.
Ishpreet Singh Chada(Mah) bt Yash Bansal (MP) 56-26,51-36
Dhvaj Haria(Guj) bt Arjun Mehta(Kar) 71-65,65-24.
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