Sourav Kothari of PSPB upset Pankaj Advani 5-3 in the semifinals of the all-India invitational snooker tournament at the VIP Access Club here on Wednesday.
Sourav was happy for the fact that his change of technique as suggested by India coach and his father Manoj Kothari was working fine. Sourav will meet Aditya Mehta, who beat Varun Kumar of Tamil Nadu in the other semifinal.
Results: Semi-finals: Sourav Kothari (PSPB) bt Pankaj Advani (PSPB) 05-90 73-60 72-0 76-0 39-77 70-0 17-98 76-06; Aditya Mehta bt Varun Kumar 89-22 10-86 53-43 82-02 13-86 55-56 80-31 58-18. Quarterfinals: S Kothari (PSPB) bt R Habib (Railways) 43-47 55-43 81-55 102-7 41-66 63-50 61-56; P Advani (PSPB) bt S Gulati (Delhi) 71-18 08-98 14-65 23-65 13-99 75-47 79-41 89-0 69-44. V Kumar (TN) bt Geet Sehti (Gujarat) 55-48 77-0 81-32 74-01 45-51 75-30; Aditya Mehta (PSPB) bt SA Saleem (TN) 77-34 45-70 69-60 82-42 74-22 67-33.
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