Arora thunders into quarterfinals

Indias Number 4 in snooker Shivam Arora dished out a huge break of 92 in the first frame to score an emphatic 3-0 win against Yogesh Lohiya and stormed into the quarterfinals of the Kumar Khandelwal Memorial Open Snooker Tournament being played at Deccan Gymkhana.

Indias Number 4 in snooker Shivam Arora dished out a huge break of 92 in the first frame to score an emphatic 3-0 win against Yogesh Lohiya and stormed into the quarterfinals of the Kumar Khandelwal Memorial Open Snooker Tournament being played at Deccan Gymkhana.

Arora,playing for Palazo,beat Lohiya 127-1,59-9,52-7. Another Palazo player Anand Raghuwanshi defeated Aditya Deshpande of PYC Hindu Gymkhana 73 (46)-22,32-47,57-42,84-38.

On other tables,Abhijeet Ranade of Nashik beat Satish Karad of Deccan Gymkhana 63-27,3-68,47-37,10-76,82-48 and Deelip Kumar of Chennai rallied to beat Sachin Sancheti of PYC Hindu Gymkhana 38-56,52 (45)-6,51-13,23-75,51-1.

The semifinals will be played on Thursday morning with the final slated for 4 pm.

Former national snooker champion Subhash Agarwal will give away the prizes.

Pre-quarterfinal Results: Shivam Arora (Palazo) beat Yogesh Lohiya (PYC) 127 (92)-1,59-9,52-7; Samar Khandelwal (Deccan) beat Mahesh Jagdale (Mum) 65-62,70-40,2-55,55-44; Anand Raghuwanshi (Palazo) beat Aditya Deshpande (PYC) 73 (46)-22,32-47,57-42,84-38; Abhimanyu Gandhi (Palazo) beat Yogesh Sharma (Panchasheel) 60-24,16-74,69-61,58-40; Aditya Agarwal (Mumbai) beat Chaitanya Halbe (Cue Masters) 48-64,56-41,56-18,74-27; Abhijeet Ranade (Nashik) beat Satish Karad (Deccan) 63-27,3-68,47-37,10-76,82-48; Deelip Kumar (Chennai) beat Sachin Sancheti (PYC) 38-56,52 (45)-6,51-13,23-75,51-1; Sonu Matang (Arizona) beat Pankaj Khatri (Nashik) 34-58,52-61,59-28,63-41,79-59.

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