Judy finds match in Pooja

MUMBAI, MAY 6: Rajasthan's sole entrant, sixth seed Pooja Galundia, finally struck form today with two convincing round robin league wins...

MUMBAI, MAY 6: Rajasthan’s sole entrant, sixth seed Pooja Galundia, finally struck form today with two convincing round robin league wins but was one of the three seeded players to fail to qualify for the quarter-final stage of the All-India Ladies prize money Snooker tournament at the Bombay Gymkhana today.

Seventh seed Amrita Mohapatra of Orissa and Maharashtra’s Heena Khandelwal, seeded eighth, were in the casualty list at the end of the four days of league matches.

Among those to advance ahead of the seeds were Sangeeta Hemchand, Jagruti Patel (both Mah) and Kamla Chandra Babu (TN).

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The sixth seed Pooja struck form, though a trifle too late. Among those to bear her brunt today were Priyanca Gurnani and third seed Judy Walia, the latters unbeaten run finally ending. But it did not matter after all as Judy topped Group C and Jagruti getting a walkover Priyanca to finish second in the group.

Only Group B saw favourites, Neeta Sanghvi and Anuja Thakur, fourth and fifth seeds respectively qualify forthe quarters.

QF qualifiers

Group A: Ashwini, Sangeeta

Group B: Anuja, Neeta

Group C: Judy, Jagruti

Group D: Farah, Kamla

RESULTS (League, Day 4)

Group A: 8-Heena Khandelwal (Mah) bt Sowmini Naidu (TN) 2-0 (42-30, 47-18)

Group B: 5-Anuja Thakur (Mah) bt R Umadevi (Kar) 2-0 (54-30, 57-36)

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Group C: 6-Pooja Galundia (Raj) bt Priyanca Gurnani (Mah) 2-0 (87-11, 58-22); Jagruti Patel (Mah) w/o Priyanch; 6-Pooja Galundia (Raj) bt 3-Judy Walia (Kar) 2-0 (74-22, 56-48)

Group D: 2-Farah Khan (Kar) bt Kamla Chandra Babu (TN) 2-1 (47-12, 41-52, 51-47); Sridevi TV (Kar) bt Kamla (TN) 2-0 (46-38, 55-30)