Manisha National Billiards & Snooker Championship: Lalrina, Jain enter last-8

Abhishek Manroa January 20, 2012 0

Manisha National Billiards & Snooker Championship: Lalrina, Jain enter last-8

PUNE: Top-seeded Lalrina Rentheli of Mizoram scored a 3-1 win over Assam’s Mridul Das to enter the quarterfinals of the Junior Snooker at the Manisha Constructions National Billiards & Snooker Championship here Thursday.

The event is being organised by the Billiards and Snooker Association of Maharashtra (BSAM) and played at the PYC Hindu Gymkhana.

Lalrina scored a 56-14, 59-9, 16-60, 53-28 win over Das.

Qualifier Rishit Jain of Delhi also made it to the last eight potting out Goa’s Nigel D’souza 59(33)-29, 59-2, 48-12)

The Delhi qualifier also ended the winning run of triple crown winner Dhvaj Haria in the third round of the event. Jain edged out Dhwaj Haria 3-2 ) 47-36, 38-65, 1-64(55), 49-36, 56-47 in a close third round match.

Another Delhi player Laxman Rawat scored a century break to outplay state player Rahul Sachdev 120(56)-0, 74(41)-1, 59(37)-9)

Following are the results:

Junior Snooker Group: Pre quarter final Round:

Laxman Rawat(Del) bt Rahul Sachdev(Mah) 3-0 (120(56)-0, 74(41)-1, 59(37)-9)

Kabil Badami(Mah) bt Jaiveer Dhingra(Mah) 3-0( 71-26, 74-0, 70-16)

Himanshu Jain(AP) bt Peter Paul(TN) 3-1 69-12, 74-15, 63-14;

Rishit Jain(Del) bt Nigel D’souza(Goa)3-1 ( 59(33)-29, 59-2, 48-12)

Ishpreet Chadha(Mah) bt Samay Vadhawan(Mah) 3-1 (58-22, 57-38, 35-69, 67-23)

Lalrina Rentheli(Mizoram) bt Mridul Das(Asam)3-1 ( 56-14, 59-9, 16-60, 53-28)

Lalit Dahiya(Del) bt Sumit Kataria(Mah) 3-1 ( 55-30, 75-38, 43-70, 57-35)

Ketan Chawla(MP) bt Ashutosh Padhi(Orissa) 3-1 ( 75-35, 62-39, 50-64, 76-26).