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Sethi steamrolls Kohli

NEW DELHI, Jan 22: World champion Geet Sethi chalked out yet another facile win as he trounced Nitin Kohli UP 931-293 while Asian Games...

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NEW DELHI, Jan 22: World champion Geet Sethi chalked out yet another facile win as he trounced Nitin Kohli UP 931-293 while Asian Games double gold medalist Ashok Shandilya scored an emphatic 869-524 win over veteran Arvind Savur Karnataka in the National billiards championship here today. In Group A, Geet Sethi provided a lesson to Nitin Kohli as he dazzled on the green baize.

Sethi had a break of 199 on his 5th visit and followed it up with a 96 on the very next. Sethi had his best break of 226 on his 28th visit, which were followed by efforts of 77 and 79. In Group H, Railway8217;s Shandilya outplayed Arvind Savur. The Asian Games champion8217;s breaks of 154 on his 15th visit and 93 on the 34th visit sealed Savur8217;s fate. Though Shandil ya dominated, Savur failed to put up any worthwhile resistance.

The Karnataka player had an effort of 87 on his 9th visit but struggled thereafter. A fine break of 126 in the 37th visit came too late in the day.

In the Junior national snooker championship, 13-year-oldPankaj Advani of Karnataka and Ritesh Shah Maharashtra moved into the quarter-finals routing Dhruv Verma Punjab 3-0 65-21, 52-49, 69-8 and HR Noria AP 3-0 48-44, 58-54, 109-9.

Other results league: Group B: B Bhaskar Kar bt Umesh Sood HP 857-253; Group C: Mohd Asim WB bt B Chowdhry HP 747-262; Mohd Asim WB bt Sadanand Sinha Bihar 669-362; Group E: ME Jokhi Guj bt Alok Kumar PB 501-482; Group E: Srinivas Rao AP w/o Ravi Bhameja Hyd; Group E: S Simhachalam Rlys bt MA Feroze Ker 804-201; Group E: ME Jokhi Guj w/o R Bhameja Hyd Group F: Prem Prakash TN w/o Praven Duggal Ch; Group F: S B Agarwal Rlys bt Rajnish Bansal MP: 1013-400; Group G: Devinder Joshi Mah bt Dhruv Sitwala Mah 660-363; Group H: Ashok Kumar TN bt Anil Sharma Hyd 557-288.

 

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