Umadevi in semifinals
Umadevi Nagaraj posted twin wins to storm into the women’s billiards semifinals in the Indian Oil Servo State-ranking billiards and snooker championship at the KSBA hall on Wednesday.
Umadevi beat Indira Hegde 2-0 (52-11, 51-11) and eased past Judy Walia 2-0 (50-15, 51-12). She will meet Chitra Magimairaj in the semifinals, while Varsha Sanjeev takes on Judy Walia in other semi.
Results: Senior billiards (league): Sameer Sait bt Sasha Sambi 3-1 (150-118, 150-114, 68-152, 150-136); A Satish Kumar bt Deepak A 3-0 (151-97, 151-58, 150-68); M L Lakshman bt Amit Bhushan 3-1 (150-25, 152-58, 102-150, 151-141); I H Manudev bt Ajay Bhushan 3-0 (150-77, 150-41, 150-87); B Bhaskar bt Bharath Chugh 3-1 (109-150, 151-49, 152-21, 152-47); V K Sadarangani bt Michael Rebello 3-0 (151-141, 150-133, 150-146); D Raj Kumar bt Jasim Tawin 3-1 (150-18, 122-152, 152-42, 150-36); L Nagaraj bt Nikhil Pise 3-1 (44-150, 150-101, 150-145, 150-120). Women: Billiards (league): Chitra Magimairaj beat Indira Gowda 2-0 (51-18, 51-47); Umadevi Nagaraj bt Indira Hegde 2-0 (52-11, 51-11); Judy Walia bt Aradhana Naik 2-0 (50-39, 50-31); Umadevi Nagaraj bt Judy Walia 2-0 (50-15, 51-12); Indira Hegde bt Aradhana Naik 2-1 (47-50, 51-34, 50-27); Varsha Sanjeev bt Chitra Magimairaj 2-1 (10-50, 50-49, 50-47).
