After losing his morning match 2-4 to Sourav Kothari at the Karnataka State Billiards Association Hall, Sethi left Bangalore in the evening. As a result Sethi has been scratched from both the events and result of all the matches played by him shall be treated as null and void.
However, Sethi is expected to be back for billiards camp commencing on March 21.
After losing to Aditya Mehta on Tuesday, the reigning National snooker champion Pankaj Advani rallied back to beat Kamal Chawla 4-2 before thumping Sourav Kothari 4-0.
Advani eased past Kothari 61-10, 59-19, 102, 20, 71-37 and en route he conjured up a huge break of 136.
Results: Men: Snooker: On Wednesday: Manan Chandra bt Alok Kumar 4-0 (74-30, 70-51, 63-55, 73-39); Brijesh Damani bt Yasin Merchant 4-1 (78-30, 60-20, 48-66, 60-42, 60-40); Aditya Mehta bt Shahbaaz Adil Khan 4-0 (79-38, 56-20, 87 (75)-12, 113 (113)-0); Pankaj Advani bt Kamal Chawla 4-2 (7-67 (59), 66-73, 71-9, 103 (47, 46)-8, 136 (136)-0, 72-56); A Mehta bt M Chandra 4-1 (70 (48)-39, 58 (34)-47 (47), 61 (44)-55, 34-80 (53), 83 (50)-7); K Chawla bt B Damani 4-1 (68 (45)-47, 89-38, 51 (43)-73 (57), 95 (37, 38)-30, 85-42); P Advani bt S Kothari 4-0 (61-10, 59-19, 102 (86)-20, 71-37); Y Merchant bt SA Khan 4-0 (92 (57)-8, 62-54, 72-28, 63 (38)-9).
On Tuesday: M Chandra bt S Kothari 4-3 (81-37, 85-4, 48-65, 42-52, 65-28, 40-69, 69-16); Y Merchant bt G Sethi 4-3 (7-83, 44-65, 57-24, 12-64, 66-39, 66-52, 86-0); K Chawla bt A Mehta 4-1 (17-80, 72-49, 74-25, 65-64, 65-62); A Kumar bt B Damani 4-0 (82-74, 81-7, 82-43, 68-27); P Advani bt SA Khan 4-1 (114-0, 55-65, 95-20, 101-0, 84-8); A Mehta bt P Advani 4-2 (74-31, 59-70, 34-56, 134-0, 99-1, 81-49); S Kothari bt K Chawla 4-2 (12-59, 73-59, 74-29, 54-45, 48-67, 64-36); SA Khan bt G Sethi 4-1 (20-70, 77-32, 71-41, 74-31, 60-25); M Chandra bt B Damani 4-0 (112-22, 66-32, 56-24, 100-0); Y Merchant bt A Kumar 4-2 (70-58, 1-62, 64-22, 37-60, 78-51, 48-47).
Women: 6-red snooker: On Wednesday: Arantxa Sanchis bt Neeta Sanghvi 3-1 (66-41, 59-37, 35-59, 80-45); Anuja Chandra bt Uma Nagaraj 3-2 (66-43, 23-58, 65-29, 38-60, 56-33); Vidya Pillai bt Chitra Magimairaj 3-0 (55-48, 58-37, 75-54); Meenal Thakur bt Suniti 3-0 (84-46, 63-28, 76-31); Meenal T bt Neeta S 3-2 (37-70, 41-30, 57-22, 49-53, 61-47); Anuja C bt Suniti D 3-0 (60-56, 68-16, 57-12); Arantxa S bt Chitra M 3-0 (72-46, 60-49, 51-38); Vidya P bt Uma N 3-0 (75-17, 71-44, 70-37).
On Tuesday: Arantxa bt Uma N 3-0 (58-18, 57-23, 65-33); Vidya P bt Suniti D 3-0 (65-27, 65-19, 62-6); Anuja C bt Neeta S 3-0 (78-19, 69-41, 52-9); Chitra M bt Meenal T 3-2 (43-51, 59-61, 68-47, 65-39, 67-14).