Ashwini survives Sangeeta scare

MUMBAI, MAY 3: Defending champion Ashwini Puranik of Madhya Pradesh overcame a strong challenge by Maharashtra's Sangeeta Hemchand in the...

MUMBAI, MAY 3: Defending champion Ashwini Puranik of Madhya Pradesh overcame a strong challenge by Maharashtra’s Sangeeta Hemchand in the first day league tie of the second All-India Prize Money Snooker Tournament for Ladies at the Bombay Gymkhana today.

Sangeeta started-off well to take the first frame with comfortable ease at 81-40. But from there onwards Ashwini took control of the game. Back from a short stint in pro-snooker in England, the top seed won the next two frames 74-16, 53-3 to prevail with a 2-1 scoreline in the best of three frames encounter.

Sangeeta had earlier scored a 2-0 win over compatriot Anjali Sengupta

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Among other formidables to win today were third seed Judy Walia of Karnataka and Maharashtra’s Neeta Sanghvi.

Results (League, Day One)

1-Ashwini Puranik (MP) bt Sangeeta Hemchand 2-1 (40-81, 74-16, 53-3); 3-Judy Walia (Kar) bt Jagruti Patel (Mah) 2-0 (52-41, 59-36); Sangeeta Hemchand bt Anjali Sengupta 2-0 (52-12, 48-47); R Umadevi (Kar) bt Ritu Kumar (Mah) 2-1(30-38, 54-10, 51-15); M Chitra (Kar) bt Niyati Turakhia (Mah) 2-0 (57-39, 60-35); 4-Neeta Sanghvi (Mah) bt Ritu Kumar 2-0 (10-51, 43-31); Amrita Mohapatra (Ori) bt Sonal Maoowalla (Mah) 2-1 (42-49, 57-39, 52-8).

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