Dilip Kumar of Tamil Nadu and Abhimanyu Gandhi of Gujarat entered the main draw of the National 6-red snooker championship here on Thursday.
Joining Kumar and Gandhi in the main draw are Divya Sharma of Haryana and Varun Madan of Delhi.
While Kumar overcame Nilesh Patankar of Maharashtra 4-3, Gandhi teounced Reza Merchant 4-0 win in the third-round qualifying matches.
Qualifying results: Final round: Dilip Kumar (TN) bt Nilesh Patankar (Mah) 36-3, 1-35, 37-12, 22-36, 20-29, 42-3, 35-29; Abhimanyu Gandhi (Guj) bt Reza Merchant (Mah) 40-1, 49 (40)-0, 35-12, 40-6; Varun Madan (Delhi) bt Aditya Singh Rajawat (Kar) 39-24, 16-50, 45 (31)-0, 20-39, 52-1, 47-15; Divya Sharma (Har) bt Jigar Shah (Mah) 51-39, 59 (25)-9, 41-21, 43-14.