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NEW DELHI, January 5: Defending champion and top seed here, Heena Khandelwal of Maharashtra got a walkover while third seed Ashwani Puranik of Madhya Pradesh scored a comfortable 2-0 frame win over Amrita Mohapatra Orissa in the group league matches of the seventh Women8217;s Snooker National Championship at IIT badminton hall here today.
Heena got a walkover from her statemate Namrata Kumar and Ashwani outplayed national billiards runner-up Amrita Mohapatra, 61-19, 71-30.
Three-time National billiards champion Farah Khan of Karnataka also recorded an easy 63-22, 57-16 win over Cynthia Mukherjee of Bengal.
Fourth seed Anuja Thakur of Maharashtra had to wage a grim battle before beating Madhya Pradesh8217;s Neelam Mittal 44-50, 55-29, 62-55. There were a spate of walkovers on the opening day of the snooker championships. The top two players from each group will qualify for the knockout stage.
Results league matches
Uma Devi Kar bt Sonal Mamoonwala Mah 62-47, 56-25; Retu Shrivastva MP bt Reena Parkash Kar 51-29, 25-36, 52-43; Renu Bharkatiya MP bt Jagruti Patel Mah 53-44, 44-49, 42-34; Meenal Bairagi Mah bt Kamala C Babu TN 40-47, 41-10, 76-27; Neelam Mittal MP bt T.V.Sridevi Kar 51-32, 47-45, 63-46; Varsha Mazmudar Mah bt Pooja Galundia Raj 50-15, 42-44, 58-26; Neeta Shangvi Mah bt Chitra Kar 65-13, 89-8.
