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Merchant, Saboo up

Yasin Merchant beat D Joshi 67-61, 19-85, 88-18, 111-1, 104-1, 97-3 and Amit Saboo defeated Nikhil Ootam 63-39, 10-55,67-63, 60-50, 7-62, 76-31, 61-16 in the senior snooker round-robin ties of the Khar Gymkhana selection tournament.

Junior snooker: Rehan Patel bt Rishi Ramaiya 49-43, 20-50, 61-48, 53-66, 74-39; Siddharth Mody bt Neeraj Sharma 76-16, 64-8, 48-28; Tushar Balsara bt Jarvan Chinoy 48-11, 37-48, 46-39, 51-25; Vignesh Sanghvi bt Monty Shah 82-43, 62-32, 66-43; Aditya Shah bt Rishabh Thakar 64-36, 64-55, 57-42; Mahesh Jagdale bt AbhimanyuThakersi 84-18, 71-38, 58-11; Siddharth Parekh bt G Kshatriya 20-60, 61-6, 64-56, 62-40; Kabir Malkani bt Andrew Dyer 45-37, 45-56, 64-31, 46-36; Vishal Madan bt P Khatri 79-18, 33-49, 67-16, 60-24; Kunal Ahuja bt Karan Gupta 49-38, 64-24, 39-43, 72-27; Suyog Sawant bt C Sagar 52-15, 94-31, 70-16; Ritesh Shah bt N Mirani 59-11, 78-14, 92-19; Deepak Khubchandani bt K Chimnani 2564, 72-17, 75-22, 74-34; Abhishek Joshi bt S Masand 60-35, 23-35, 51-20, 39-27. Junior billiards semis: Ritesh Shah bt Abhishek Joshi 317-247; Vishal Madan bt Deepak Khubchandani 372-221.

Holy Cross champs

Holy Cross, Kurla, edged out Sea Liners, Kalina, 1-0 to claim the MDFA Division III football league title at the St Xavier8217;s ground, Parel, today. Savio Gomes scored in the fourth minute.

Deshmukh advances

Im Anup Deshmukh, the top seed, beat Deepak Tamhane in the first-round of the KD Publicity chess tournament, which got under way at the Andheri Sports Complex, today.

In another first-round game, FIDEMaster Avinash Awate beat 12-year-old Sanket Brahmabhat.