Katrela edges out Savur

Vinay Katrela defeated veteran Arvind Savur 3-1 in the fourth qualifying round of the Indian Oil Servo Karnataka State-ranking snooker tournament at the KSBA Hall on Thursday.

Results: Men: Fourth qualifying round: B Bhaskar bt Rahul Sodha 3-0 (79-51, 75-38, 76-22); R Santosh bt Md Farooq 3-1 (113-46, 49-78, 56-1, 63-13); KS Naveen Kumar bt Chetan BO 3-0 (85-46, 56-16, 63-13); B Balaji Reddy bt L Nagaraj 3-1 (63-60, 51-63, 71-25, 85-48);
Michael Rebello bt Sandeep Patil 3-0 (71-24, 63-36, 98-24); Sean Davis bt Sheetal Kumar 3-1 (58-26, 80-63, 53-80, 48-28); Vinay Katrela bt Arvind Savur 3-1 (42-82, 54-15, 68-17, 64-35); PL Girish bt Sunil Nagrik 3-1 (64-46, 62-43, 27-69, 57-43); S Partiban bt Mithun 3-1 (15-61, 64-5, 74-48, 63-43); Yogesh M bt M Prabhakar 3-0 (64-6, 51-40, 53-51).

Third qualifying round: Rahul Sodha bt Germain Girish 3-2 (52-57, 29-64, 45-27, 48-26, 46-26); Michael Rebello bt Sasha Sambi 3-0 (91-0, 61-16, 72-5); Sandeep Patil bt A Madhuchandra 3-1 (83-49, 50-71, 71-42, 46-23); Sean Davis bt Goutam Kalro 3-0 (62-35, 50-21, 63-52); Sheetal Kumar bt Kushal Agarwal 3-1 (60-24, 50-35, 13-69, 56-29); Vinay Katrela bt SN Bharath Kumar 3-1 (51-63, 92-50, 74-34, 95-25); Arvind Savur bt Sandeep Sawant 3-1 (48-4, 58-57, 43-60, 59-40); PL Girish bt Chaitanya 3-0 (65-20, 71-41, 85-12); Sunil Nagrik bt V Anand 3-2 (49-20, 60-42, 4-60, 35-61, 46-34); S Partiban bt Abdul Hameed 3-1 (92-24, 86-44, 46-81, 63-30); Mithun bt Rohan M 3-1 (65-51, 33-72, 68-25, 55-11); Yogesh M bt Anand Shah 3-1 (65-24, 41-50, 67-10, 67-42); Prabhakar M bt Arjun Mehta 3-1 (21-60, 56-11, 66-18, 69-23). Ladies (snooker): League: Indira Gowda bt Judy Walia 2-0 (40-34, 54-28); Chitra Magimairaj bt Indira G 2-0 (61-25, 61-58); R Umadevi Nagaraj bt Aradhana Naik 2-0 (58-21, 61-31); Chitra M bt R Umadevi N 2-1 (64-33, 40-42, 71-51); Varsha Sanjeev bt Judy Walia 2-1 (36-39, 64-47, 55-6). Semifinal line-up: Chitra M vs Indira G; Varsha S vs R Umadevi N.