Mehta remains invincible; Prasad produces a shock

There was an upset when qualifier Durga Prasad of Railways defeated Devendra Joshi of PSPB 3-1,his second victory in the league,to stake a claim for the knock-out phase.

Last year’s runner-up Alok Kumar,also of PSPB,scored his first win—a 3-0 victory of Lalsanzela of Mizoram in Group B. Alok had just one notable break,a 50,in the third frame before he won 68-40,50-11,76-39.

Results: Men’s snooker (League phase): Group A: Sunil Kumar (HP) bt Sumesh Turki (J and K) 3-0 (47-40,75-20,57-22); Aditya Mehta (PSPB) bt Yogesh Sharma (Mah) 3-0 (68-55,71-3,134 (134)-0); Group B: Bharat Sisodiya (MP) bt Lalsangzela (Miz) 3-1 (44-53,61-56,62-27,63-52); Pulkit Thukral (Del) bt Peter Lalrintluanga (Miz) 3-0 (66-7,63-15,49-25); Alok Kumar (PSPB) bt Lalsanzela (Miz) 3-0 (68-40,50-11,76 (50)-39); Group C: Brijesh Damani (Ben) bt Sajan Bopanna (Kar) 3-0 (70-16,62-4,59-49); Bhadresh Panchal (Guj) bt Aamir Hussain (Ben) 3-2 (37-64,66-41,70-56,30-70,71 (47)-11); Brijesh Damani (Ben) bt Neeraj Kumar (Rlys) 3-0 (58-26,83-56,64 (56)-7); Group D: K Venkatesham (Rlys) bt Pratik Jain (MP) 3-0 (57-26,65-33,70-35); IH Manudev (Kar) bt M Yogesh Sharma (Kar) 3-0 (58-20,68-17,75-27); Group E: Himanshu Jain (AP) bt Anuj Sharma (Goa) 3-0 (59-14,90-41,70-1); Kamal Chawla (Rlys) bt Anand Raghuvanshi (Mah) 3-0 (71-34,53-47,59-14); Group F: Rajat Khaneja (Chd) bt Nikhil Ootam (Mah) 3-1 (69-18,36-69,62-28,56-47); Pankaj Advani (PSPB) bt Dhawal Mackwana (Guj) 3-0 (83 (56)-36,75-20,67-26); Group G: Divya Sharma (Har) bt Dhruv Varma (Pun) 3-2 (64-28,30-44,53-41,40-49,57-44); Manan Chandra (PSPB) bt Rishit Jain (Del) 3-2 (73-8,59-57,36-57,19-61,69-32); Group H: IV Rajeev (AP) bt Varun Madan (Del) 3-2 (36-87,60-42,43-59,80-13,66-35); Ahsan Ul Haq (Ori) bt Sukumar Barman (Asm) 3-0 (76-41,69-49,59-47); Rafath Habib (Rlys) bt Varun Madan (Del) 3-0 (63-16,76 (40)-22,59-17); IV Rajeev (AP) bt Ahsan Ul Haq (Ori) 3-0 (64-11,73 (51)-21,110 (64)-4); Group I: Lucky Vatnani (AP) bt J Varun Kumar (TN) 3-1 (64-54,70-37,30-73,78-62); Amarnath Sharma (Meg) bt Mridul Das (Asm) 3-2 (34-47,70-27,71-36,13-57,49-37); Lucky Vatnani (AP) bt Rupesh Shah (PSPB) 3-1 (8-69,89 (49)-10,63-4,61-31); J Varun Kumar (TN) bt Amarnath Sharma (Meg) 3-0 (65-23,75-27,63-38); Group J: Sumit Talwar (Chd) bt Deepak A (Kar) 3-2 (49-60,32-47,50-42,61-24,63-1); Vinayak Agarwal (UP) bt AR Arjun (Kar) 3-0 (53-15,94-60,53-46); Sourav Kothari (PSPB) bt Vinayak Agarwal (UP) 3-0 (85-21,84-10,95-19); Group K: Vipin Premi (UP) bt Rahul Bhargava (Raj) 3-1 (61-50,45-54,59-08,56-40); Vijay Nichani (TN) bt Pushpinder Singh (Rlys) 3-1 (58-32,60-23,33-66,70-37); Shivam Arora (Mah) bt Vipin Premi (UP) 3-0 (76-25,64-17,67-64); Group L: Shoaib Khan (Ben) bt Rupesh Chauhan (HP) 3-0 (50-04,55-15,70-9); Durga Prasad (Rlys) bt Akshay Kumar (UP) 3-2 (62-53,66-23,52-83,41-61,60-22); Durga Prasad (Rlys) bt Devendra Joshi (PSPB) 3-1 (14-52,54-41,54-42,63-36); Shoaib Khan (Ben) bt Akshay Kumar (UP) 3-2 (40-77,7-61,59-18,70-9,56-41); Group M: Senthil (TN) bt Valney Gomendis (Goa) 3-0 (54-47,65-26,76-1).