Karnataka’s B Bhaskar scored over Devendra Joshi 942-484 in the qualifying tournament for the IBSF World Billiards Championship at the KSBA Hall on Saturday.
Earlier, Joshi had got the better of Rupesh Shah 989-808. However, Shah had the satisfaction of scoring a 738-560 victory over the experienced Ashok Shandilya. Only on Friday had Shandilya downed National champion Geet Sethi.
Results: Alok Kumar 1109 (91, 51, 141, 124, 80, 64, 83, 135, 122, 85) bt Dhruv Sitwala 561 (95, 130, 83); Rupesh Shah 738 (74, 261, 160, 66) bt Ashok Shandilya 560 (73, 169, 72, 67); B Bhaskar 942 (108, 50, 75, 138, 114, 76) bt Devendra Joshi 484 (55, 50); Devendra Joshi 989 (222, 63, 145, 337) bt Rupesh Shah 808 (136, 187, 74, 82, 75, 147, 147); Dhruv Sitwala 638 (54, 210, 159, 58) bt Ashok Shandilya 625 (71, 114, 63, 91, 120); Geet Sethi 1430 (91, 229, 58, 146, 221, 269, 184) bt Alok Kumar 494 (52, 65, 59).