At the KSBA Hall on Saturday, aided by breaks of 65 in the fourth frame and 86 in the decider, Advani eventually strolled to a 41-100, 101-10, 67-101, 101-39, 102-5 victory. It was the Bangalorean’s second win of the day, following his 3-0 rout of B Bhaskar in the morning session.
In another match, veteran Geet Sethi trounced Rupesh Shah 102-0, 22-102, 100-4, 100-44.
Results: Men, billiards: Pankaj Advani bt Sourav Kothari 3-2 (41-100, 101-10, 67-101(84), 101(65)-39, 102(86)-5); Devendra Joshi bt S Kothari 3-0 (105(103)-43, 100-31, 101(101)-0); Pankaj Advani bt B Bhaskar 3-0 (100(100)-41, 100(86)-91(91), 101(89)-0); Geet Sethi bt Rupesh Shah 3-1 (102(102)-0, 22-102, 100-4, 100-44); Bhaskar bt D Joshi 3-0 (101(70)-35, 101(101)-4, 100(100)-34); R Shah bt Dhruv Sitwala 3-1 (47-100, 100-44, 104-69, 101-58).
Masters snooker: SH Kamraj bt BVS Murthy 3-1 (28-81, 49-39, 60-28, 47-26); Arvind Savur bt Syed Habib 3-1 (66-46, 38-63, 71-32, 51-30); SA Saleem bt V Anand 3-1 (75-8, 10-84, 58-42, 58-18); Nadeem Ahmed bt Prabhakar 3-0 (79-42, 40-28, 103-10).
Women: 6-red snooker: Chitra Magimairaj bt Suniti Damani 3-0 (37-16, 42-10, 33-14); Neena Praveen bt Sangeeta Hemchand 3-1 (30-16, 38-34, 35-36, 39-9); Meenal Thakur bt Vidya Pillai 3-0 (35-17, 39-24, 34-6); Anuja Chandra bt Neetha Sanghvi 3-1 (11-34, 31-21, 31-14, 39-37); Neetha S bt Suniti D 3-1 (15-26, 37-27, 38-31, 38-25); Vidya P bt Neena P 3-2 (37-26, 32-22, 9-44, 18-30, 42-14); Chitra M bt Anuja C 3-2 (37-25, 32-19, 38-43, 39-48, 35-21); Meenal T bt Sangeeta H 3-1 (37-1, 12-41, 33-0, 47-1).
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