Chandra tops Group B, makes pre-quarters

The winner, after having snatched the first frame, came up with a brilliant 93 break in the second 113-18 to take 2-0 lead. He continued to dominate proceedings with breaks of 57 and 67 in the third and fourth frames respectively to win.

Earlier, Chandra won against Raj Jaswal HP 4-0 62-20, 56-17, 64-21, 62-18.

In the initial rounds, Chandra shocked last year runner-up Sarang Shroff 4-0 and Md. Asim 4-1 to keep the slate clean with four wins.

Devendra Joshi Mah beat SK Jagtiani Rly 4-0 and finished behind Rupesh Shah Guj in Group D.

Meanwhile, in the junior snooker section, Rishab Thukrali and Harith Parikh will clash for the semi-final berth league. Thurkal beat Raghav Baweja 3-0 84-09; 55-40 and 110-0. He finished the final frame in style with a 110 break. Harith beat Akram Khan 3-0 56-21, 49-38, 58-27.

The winner will top Group B and qualify for semi-final where it will be on league basis best of seven frames

Results: Rishab Thukral Del bt Raghav Baweja Har 3-0 84-9, 55-44, 110-0, Harith Parikh Guj bt Akram Khan WB 3-0 56-21, 49-38, 58-27, Amit Sharma Del bt Manan Nagpal Raj 3-2 35-59, 52-53, 66-42, 59-43, 58-37, Ritesh Shah Mah bt Piyush Jain Raj 3-0 62-23, 84-32, 74-1, Pankaj Advani Kar bt Kunal Shah Ker 3-0 77-2, 60-26, 59-14, Vishal Bajaj AP bt Pritesh Singh UP 3-1 65-52, 37-48, 64-37, 59-52