Kamla eases past seeded Amrita

MUMBAI, MAY 5: Tamil Nadu's Kamla Chandra Babu pulled up the only upset result of the day even as most seeds prevailed on the third day o...

MUMBAI, MAY 5: Tamil Nadu8217;s Kamla Chandra Babu pulled up the only upset result of the day even as most seeds prevailed on the third day of league matches of the All-India Ladies Snooker prize-money tournament at the Bombay Gymkhana today.

Kamla took just two frames to beat the seventh seed Amrita Mohapatra of Orissa 58-25, 69-53. Amrita did bring in some aggression in her game in the second frame but it never seemed enough.

Defending champion Ashwini Puranik continued with her unbeaten run alongwith second seed Judy Walia of Karnataka.

Ashwini, the top seed here, overcame an initial strong challenge by Anjali Sengupta of Maharashtra with a 64-58, 42-31 scoreline. Judy too faced little trouble in easing past Priyanch Gurnani, 61-3, 39-27.

Maharashtra8217;s Heena Khandelwal seemed to have found her lost touch today with a convincing win over statemate Anjali Sengupta. The former has had a tough tournament so far including an upset loss to Sangeeta late last evening.

The cueists play their final leagueties tomorrow, with the top two players from each group advancing into the knockout stage scheduled for Friday.

Results

Group A: 8-Heena Khandelwal Mah bt Anjali Sengupta Mah 2-0 56-27, 65-46; Sangeeta Hemchand Mah bt Sowmini Naidu TN 2-0 55-42, 16-43, 43-20; 1-Ashwini Puranik MP bt Anjali Sengupta Mah 2-0 64-58, 42-31

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Group B: 4-Neeta Sanghvi Mah bt Ritu Kumar Mah 2-0 77-8, 71-2; R Umadevi Kar bt Chitra M Kar 2-1 60-36, 21-47, 58-32

Group C: 3-Judy Walia Kar bt Priyanch Gurnani Mah 2-0 61-3, 39-27; Jagruti Patel Mah bt Aditi Puranik MP 2-0 58-33, 48-32

Group D: Sridevi TV Kar bt Sonal Mamoowalla Mah 2-0 32-40, 35-21, 38-25; Kamala Chandra Babu TN bt 7-Amrita Mohapatra Ori 2-0 58-25, 69-53

Yesterday8217;s results

Sangeeta bt Heena 2-0 46-34, 43-13; 5-Anuja bt Chitra 2-0 51-37, 67-6; Jagruti bt 6-Pooja Galundia Raj 2-0 64-33, 46-45; 7-Amrita Mohapatra Ori bt Sridevi 2-1 45-50, 65-37,50-36.