Sitwalla defeats Sethi,in semifinals

Dhruv Sitwalla showed tremendous grit and determination to hand former world champion Geet Sethi a shocking defeat and enter the semifinals of the billiards event of the National Billiards Championships at the PYC Hindu Gymkhana here on Friday.

Dhruv Sitwalla showed tremendous grit and determination to hand former world champion Geet Sethi a shocking defeat and enter the semifinals of the billiards event of the National Billiards Championships at the PYC Hindu Gymkhana here on Friday.

Sitwalla,representing PSPB,upset Sethi of Gujarat 4-2 [151-47,31-151,43-150,152(101)-60,152-73,151-116.

Pankaj Advani,Alok Kumar,and Bhaskar Bhalchandra also made it to the semi finals of the tournament after defeating their respective opponents. Advani of PSPB defeated Ashok Shandilya of Railways 4-1 [151-28,152-73,150-54,21-150,151(147) while Alok Kumar of PSPB beat Shyam Jagtiani of Railway 4-0 [152(150)-29,151(94)-100,151-70,150-34. Bhaskar Bhalchandra of Karnataka defeated Rupesh Shah of PSPB 4-2 [151(81)-21,150(150)-00,150(150)-21,152-102,150-3,151-126(124).

Results:Senior Billiards: Quarter Finals:Dhruv Sitwalla (PSPB) bt Geet Sethi (Guj) 4-2 [151-47,31-151,43-150,152(101)-60,152-73,151-116;Pankaj Advani (PSPB) bt Ashok Shandilya (Rly) 4-1 [151-28,152-73,150-54,21-150,151(147)-0;Alok Kumar (PSPB) bt Shyam Jagtiani (Rly) 4-0 [152(150)-29,151(94)-100,151-70,150-34;Bhaskar Bhalchandra (Kar) bt Rupesh Shah (PSPB) 4-2 [151(81)-21,150(150)-00.

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