Sherazi finishes on top of table

Sherazi, who has been in top form since winning the State-ranking billiards tournament a couple of weeks ago, lost to Amit Bhushan 33-58, 66-21, 60-25, 33-62, 48-62, 20-60. However, his string of wins preceding Thursday, led him to the top of the pile while Amit settled second place. Nehul Jain finished third and KB Hariharan fourth.

Sherazi will start the Pune Junior Nationals from August 20 as the India number two while Amit and Nehul will represent Karnataka’s first and second ranked players. While Sherazi and Nehul will also reprsent Karnataka in the billiards, Nehul’s place will be taken by KB Hariharan.

Results (semifinal league): Nehul Jain bt KB Hariharan 4-2 (66-43, 53-47, 6-74, 33-67, 68-48, 59-44); Amit Bhushan bt Mundir Sherazi 4-2 (58-33, 21-66, 25-60, 62-33, 62-48, 60-20).

Final standings: Mundir S 1; Amit 2; Nehul J 3; KB Hariharan 4.
Senior State-ranking snooker, qualifiers: Sasha S bt Sandeep M 3-2 (55-7, 62-35, 44-61, 22-54, 70-28); Sourabh PS bt Md Azhar 3-1 (60-28, 26-56, 56-45, 53-50); Abhishek bt Tilakraj 3-0 (53-34, 56-14, 52-42); Chaitanya bt Ramesh A 3-0 (60-23, 60-35, 48-16); Vijesh K bt Karl A 3-1 (16-61, 49-34, 56-46, 71-31); Vishwanath bt Anand S 3-1 (66-27, 62-26, 57-70, 54-30); Duncan M bt Farooq S 3-2 (52-36, 65-77, 17-53, 56-11, 82-48); KS Naveen bt Shreyas K 3-0 (64-14, 71-0, 68-19); Ranjan bt Suraj S 3-1 (60-39, 3-55, 48-31, 67-48); Abhijit bt Manoj 3-2 (87-47, 37-54, 43-50, 68-31, 59-30); KB Hariharan bt Kunal K 3-0 (53-18, 82-39, 79-5); Elisha bt Wayne D 3-1 (66-38, 56-55, 22-44, 90-52); Kushal A bt Gaurav R 3-1 (25-53, 66-5, 64-24, 62-14); Harish bt Vijay SG 3-1 (35-43, 66-21, 61-38, 69-21); C Ravindranath bt Shiju T 3-0 (74-25, 63-16, 52-19); Maruthi R bt Sameer S 3-1 (1-0, 69-38, 38-65, 58-40); Madhu C bt Arjun H 3-0 (59-46, 59-28, 65-43); Mundir S bt Harsha V 3-0 (75-34, 63-4, 83-5).