Joshi, Asim in pre-quarters

BANGALORE, FEBRUARY 9: Devendra Joshi (Maharashtra) and Mohammad Asim (West Bengal) topped their respective groups and qualified for the p...

BANGALORE, FEBRUARY 9: Devendra Joshi (Maharashtra) and Mohammad Asim (West Bengal) topped their respective groups and qualified for the pre-quarterfinals of the 66th Senior National Billiards Championship on Wednesday.

Mohammad Asim (West Bengal) pushed D Lilly of Punjab to second spot in Group C 849-529. With this victory, Asim heads the group.

In Group E matches, Prem Prakash (Tamil Nadu), who had won against little master Pankaj Advani, suffered a setback, against SB Agrawal (Railways) 440-800. Prakash’s 107 in the 38th visit went in vain as Agrawal managed to unnerve his opponent with a steady game earning 85, 81 breaks.

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Pankaj Advani had won against Agrawal and got a walkover against Aditya Dube (Madhya Pradesh). If Advani wins against Devang Shah (Maharashtra) tomorrow, Prem Prakash will be ousted.

RESULTS

Dhruv Sitwala (Mah) bt Ashok Shandilya (Rly) 543-527, IH Manudev (Kar) bt Vishat Abrol (J&K) 875-247, KK Khanna (J&K) w/o Anil Sharma (Har), Amit Sharma (Del) w/o Rajnesh Bansal (MP), SM Habibullah (TN) bt Ram Gopal Sood (HP) 554-364, JS Dawar (Mah) bt S Sen (Ori) 600-407, A Haq (Ori) bt Sanjay Bisht (UP) 626-325, Lalith (Har) bt Mamlesh Makhija (Raj) 434-425, Pankaj Advani w/o Aditya Dube (MP), Manoj Kothari (WB) bt Varun Taneja (Rly) 739-464, SB Agrawal (Rly) bt Prem Prakash (TN) 800-440, ME Joshi (Guj) bt Sharadanand Sinha (Bihar) 624-446.

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