Maharashtra cueists had a field day as Arun Agarwal defeated Brijesh Damani, who had beaten Geet Sethi, to enter quarterfinals of the Manisha National Billiards and Snooker Championship being organised by the Billiards and Snooker Association of Maharashtra and the PYC Hindu Gymkhana here on Wednesday.
Joining Agarwal in the quarterfinals is Mumbai-based V Subramanian. He will meet Sourav Kothari in the round of last eight. Also making it to the quarterfinals are defending champion Pankaj Advani, former champions Rupesh Shah and Alok Kumar.
All-Maharashtra ladies final
Mumbai’s Meenal Thakur and Pune cueist Arantxa Sanchis will face-off in the final of the Ladies Billiards championship after they won their semifinal encounters easily.
Results Men (billiards Qfs): P Advani (PSPB) bt S Ahmed (Ben) 3-0 (152-15, 150-0, 150-30), R Shah (PSPB) bt K Venkatesham (Rlys) 3-0 (151-89 152-50, 150-139), V Subramanian (Mah) bt P Prakash (TN) 3-1 (123-155, 152-124 152-98 150-32), S Kothari (PSPB) bt S Simachalam (Rlys) 3-2 (150-102 52-151 152-7 102-151, 152-18), A Agarwal (Mah) bt B Damani (Ben) 3-2 (19-152, 150-139, 82-151, 151-148, 150-68), A Kumar (PSPB) bt D Joshi (PSPB) 3-1 (150-132 150-77 117-151152-125), S Parikh (Rlys) bt M Jain (Ben) 3-2 (150-137 82-151 68-150 152-91 150-83); B Bhaskar (Kar) bt S Shroff (Mah) 3-1 (89-150 147-112, 150-97, 150-69).
Women (billiards Sfs): M Thakur (Mah) bt I Lahari (AP) 3-0 (76-48 78-17 75-17), A Sanchis (Mah) bt V Sanjeev (Kar) 3-0 (77-56 76-67 77-31).
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