Snooker: Shabaz trounces Shravan

Shabaz, representing Petroleum Sports Promotion Board, trounced Shravan of Maharashtra 82-38 54-67 54-20 65-26 while Andhra Pradesh's K Someswara Rao thrashed Druv Sitwala of PSPB 58-1 49-27 61-73 39-58 43-34 in the Senior Snooker draw of the ongoing National Billiards and Snooker Championship in Hyderabad on Wednesday.

In other matches, Rishabh Pandya (MH), Vishal (J-K), MS Arun (Ktk) defeated their rivals impressively.

In the Junior Snooker Qualifying match, Shoaib Khan of West Bengal beat Nishad Chowgule of Maharashtra 74-40 61-56 30-50 7-73 56-44.

Results: Venkatesham (AP) bt Shaymal (MH) 3-2 (83-1, 34-52, 71-43, 46-57, 58-45), Shabaz (PSPB) bt Shravan (MH) 3-1 (82-38, 54-67, 54-20, 65-26), Rishabh Pandya (MH) bt Devendra Joshi (PSPB) 3-1 (71-57, 72-37, 6-67, 76-30), Rajath Khaneja (CHD) bt Jigme Wang (MGLY) 3-0 (68-20, 50-44, 74-40), Lucky Vatnani (AP) bt Raunaq Vazrani (GUJ) 3-1 (62-24, 31-55, 69-43, 79-79).

K Someswara Rao (AP) bt Druv Sitwala (PSPB) 3-2 (58-1, 49-27, 61-73, 39-58, 43-34), Vishal (J&K) bt Amit Saboo (MH) 3-1 (77-44, 51-24, 35-57, 57-37), Sandeep Gulati (DEL) bt Druv Varma (PJB) 3-2 (27-58, 15-55, 60-14, 62-37, 65-9) Saurav Kothari (PSPB) bt Saleem (TN) 3-0 (77-9 63-51, 64-50), M S Arun (KAR) bt Anish Parikh (JRKD) 3-0 (78-36, 54-50, 51-18).

Niraj Kumari (BH) bt V Kumari (RLYS) 3-0 (71-8, 67-38, 67-45) Aditya Mehta (MH) bt Nikil Qotam (MH) 3-0 (65-47, 64-58,  63-49), Nadeem (TN) bt Geet Sethi (GUJ) 3-1 (77-0, 64-45, 29-64, 71-8), Anuj Bhargava (UP) bt Vivek Sharma (RAJ) 3-0  (65-31, 39-35, 66-16).

Junior Snooker Qualifying: Satbir Narula (MH) bt Jatin (AP) 3-0 (59-48, 58-20, 62-38), Ashish (AP) bt Gaurav (MH) 3-1 (62-39, 39-60 50-41, 49-38), Shoaib Khan (WB) bt Nishad Ghowgule (MH) 3-2 (74-40, 61-56, 30-50, 7-73, 56-44), Himanshu Jain (AP) bt Mihir Vora (OR) 3-1 (75-21, 53-12, 47-60, 72-40), Jaya Krishna (AP) bt Amirt Pal Singh (DEL) 3-0 (79-51, 63-51, 50-18), ArchitSingh Kohli (AP) bt Aditya Agarwal (MH) 3-2 (18-57, 54-49, 26-61, 71-37, 68-25), Imrat (DEL) bt Siddarth Shah (MH) 3-2 (59-22, 37-62, 56-70, 57-12,57-33), Ashish Lunawat (KAR) bt Tarun Raj (AP) 3-0 (47-42, 37-21, 39-30), Davide Bose bt Mishi Kalia (PNJ) 3-0 *61-45, 56-2, 57-50), E Pandu Rao (AP) bt Ishan(MH) 3-0 (67-21, 75-26, 30-58), Ketan Chawla (MP) bt Hitesh Soni (PNJ) walk over, P Kameshwar Sarma (AP) bt Naman Agarwal (MH) walk over.