<p>India’s Chitra Magimairaj stormed into the semifinals of the IBSF World Snooker Championships even as the men’s challenge ended in the last-16 round here.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Chitra, who has been in good form of late, blanked her fellow Bangalorean Varsha Sanjeev 4-0 (59-47, 71-42, 61-26, 61-27) on Saturday morning to assure India of medal from the championships.<br /><br />In the semifinals, Chitra will lock horns with Wendy Jans of Belgium, who has been undefeated in the tournament so far with some fine displays.<br /><br />In the pre-quarterfinals earlier in Friday, 17-year-old Varsha outperformed Arantxa Sanchis 4-1 while Chitra got the better of Vidya Pillai 4-2.<br /><br />Manan Chandra and Shahbaaz Adil Khan lost to England’s Jeff Cundy and Zhao Xintong of China in their respective pre-quarterfinal matches to end India’s march in the men’s section yesterday.<br /><br />While Chandra was outclassed 0-5 by Cundy, Shahbaaz was defeated 1-5 in an one-sided contest.<br /><br />Results (Indians only): Men: Manan Chandra lt to Jeff Cundy 0-5 (54-75, 0-120 (103), 25-65, 69-74 (74), 20-77); Shahbaaz Adil Khan lt to Zhao Xintong 1-5 (46-83, 18-72, 40-67, 31-61, 85-54, 55-68). <br /><br />Women: Chitra Magimairajan bt Vidya Pillai 4-2 (79-40, 85-16, 33-59, 43-46, 74-56, 61-52); Varsha Sanjeev bt Arantxa Sanchis 4-1 (68-26, 37-64, 54-19, 68-4, 59-33).</p>
<p>India’s Chitra Magimairaj stormed into the semifinals of the IBSF World Snooker Championships even as the men’s challenge ended in the last-16 round here.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Chitra, who has been in good form of late, blanked her fellow Bangalorean Varsha Sanjeev 4-0 (59-47, 71-42, 61-26, 61-27) on Saturday morning to assure India of medal from the championships.<br /><br />In the semifinals, Chitra will lock horns with Wendy Jans of Belgium, who has been undefeated in the tournament so far with some fine displays.<br /><br />In the pre-quarterfinals earlier in Friday, 17-year-old Varsha outperformed Arantxa Sanchis 4-1 while Chitra got the better of Vidya Pillai 4-2.<br /><br />Manan Chandra and Shahbaaz Adil Khan lost to England’s Jeff Cundy and Zhao Xintong of China in their respective pre-quarterfinal matches to end India’s march in the men’s section yesterday.<br /><br />While Chandra was outclassed 0-5 by Cundy, Shahbaaz was defeated 1-5 in an one-sided contest.<br /><br />Results (Indians only): Men: Manan Chandra lt to Jeff Cundy 0-5 (54-75, 0-120 (103), 25-65, 69-74 (74), 20-77); Shahbaaz Adil Khan lt to Zhao Xintong 1-5 (46-83, 18-72, 40-67, 31-61, 85-54, 55-68). <br /><br />Women: Chitra Magimairajan bt Vidya Pillai 4-2 (79-40, 85-16, 33-59, 43-46, 74-56, 61-52); Varsha Sanjeev bt Arantxa Sanchis 4-1 (68-26, 37-64, 54-19, 68-4, 59-33).</p>