Pankaj defeats Ashok in Nationals

Hyderabad, Dec 22 (UNI) World Billiards Champion Pankaj Advani defeated Ashok Shandilya 4-1 in the Senior men's section of the National Snooker Championship held here today.

In the other matches, former World Champion Geeth Sethi, overcame challenge posed by Sarang Shroff 4-2, while Yasin Marchant and Mannan Chandra blanked their opponents.

Results: Senior Snooker Main: Sourav Kathari beat Brijesh Damani 4-1(40-65,67-26,71-58,71-34,70-49) Rupesh Shah beat Jhanjaria 4-1(52-22,26-73,68-30,81-28,71-1) Yasin Merchant beat Amit Singh 4-0(81-0,77-36,67-11,65-1) Pankaj Advani beat Ashok Shandilya 4-1(48-72,73-8,63-19,61-9,43-7) Aditya Mehata beat Lucky Vatnani 4-0(57-22,92-0,61-31,71-67) Geeth Sethi beat Sarang Shroff 4-2(32-118,46-62,54-53,49-39, 65-34, 59-16) Manan Chandra beat Anuj Uppal 4-0(85-22,55-54,74-65,133-0) Alok Kumar beat Druv Sitwala 4-1(66-25,71-66,53-67,58-26,72-38) Junior Snooker Main: Sharavan Mohta beat Miya Bashir 3-0 (58-9,53-36,35-27) Amit Hussain beat David Bose 3-2(65-24,30-89,27-56,57-44,64-36) Shoiab beat Raunaq 3-2(54-29,63-43,18-50,30-59,79-33) Shabaz Ali Khan beat Hasan Badami 3-0(62-4,62-13,53-39) Satbir Narula beat Simran Jeet Singh 3-1(55-50,52-84,55-44,57-8) Maneesh beat Mundir 3-1(64-44,63-17,58-67,56-20) Pushpinder Singh beat Govardan Rao 3-1(60-17,43-70,68-9,56-15) Haneesh Saini beat Varun Madan 3-0(68-56,66-59,49-39) UNI