Shandilya, Joshi set up PQF clash

Meanwhile, Siddharth Anand of Delhi maintained a clean slate, winning all the four matches in Group H, and qualified for the pre-quarters. He will take on last year8217;s runner-up Sarang Shroff Mah on Saturday. Anand struggled to beat Antim Singhi of Railways. The winner was down 2-3 at one stage. However, he bounced back to win 4-3 35-75, 39-80, 72-58, 92-07, 49-58, 62-28 and 60-41.

In Junior National billiards, Pankaj Advani Kar and Manan Chandra Del had easy wins in their first semi-final league matches. Advani beat Jaswinder Singh Raj 1449-505 while Chandra fought back after trailing 416-518 against Kamal Chawla MP and won 956-835.

RESULTS

S Shankar AP bt Amish Parikh Bhi 4-1 23-50, 44-33, 55-35, 48-44, 52-39; Mohammed Asim WB bt Sanjiv Gupa Jamp;K 4-3 81-08, 50-33, 30-47, 21-52, 52-63, 67-24, 53-32, Ashok Shandilya Rly bt BVS Murthy Kar 4-1 01-70, 67-28, 93-43, 58-41, 58-44, A Haque Orissa w/o SB Agarwal Rly, B Bhaskar Kar bt Kamal Rohmetra Jamp;K 4-0 57-41, 73-44, 58-47, 72-30, Siddarth Anand Del bt Antim Singhi Rly 4-3 35-75, 39-80, 72-58, 92-07, 49-58, 62-28, 60-41, K Ranjan TN w/o Harish Gandhi MP, Sarang Shroff Mah bt Sajiv Gupta Jamp;K 4-0 129-00, 91-09, 85-24, 66-23, Rafath Habib Rly bt Lalith Har 4-0 83-22, 8-21, 99-03, 62-34.