Kankan Shamsi Posts Easy Win over Sameer Khan

Chennai, May 17 (PTI) Veteran Kankan Shamsi of Uttar Pradesh outclassed Sameer Khan of Andhra Pradesh by three frames to nil in the N Manimaran & Kishan Kothari Memorial SVS Club Snooker Championship 2019 here Friday.

The sexagenarian cueist got off to a quick start, winning the opening frame 71-1. He, however, encountered some resistance from Nellore-based Sameer Khan in the second and third frames, before winning 71-1, 64-56, 75-22.

In other matches, Vinay Kothari of SVS Club registered an easy 3-0 win over Athul Kishore of Kerala, while Uday Kumar of TNBSA overpowered Sagar Jain of Nellore 3-1.

Results: Vinay Kothari (SVS Club) bt Athul Kishore (Kerala) 3-0 (68-20, 68-26, 70-7); Sundarraj (Towers Club) bt Asim (Snook City) 3-1 (60-70, 62-51, 58-47, 54-18); Uday Kumar (TNBSA) bt Sagar Jain 3-0 (60-21, 65-34, 66-25); Kankan Shamsi (Uttar Pradesh) bt Sameer Khan (Nellore) 3-0 (71-1, 64-56, 75-22).

Hassan (TNBSA) bt Abdul Kader (Smart Shooters) 3-1 (26-88, 62-37, 73-38, 62-43); Kankan Shamsi bt B Jagadesh (MCC) 3-1 (54-28, 29-68, 55-46, 61-34); R Loganathan (TNBSA) bt Satish Kumar (TNCA) 3-0 (59-36, 85-17, 75-11); Prabhu (Gymkhana) bt P Vijaykumar (Q-Tricks) 3-0 (49-48, 71-33, 59-13).

Vijay Nichani (Coimbatore) bt Sreedi Sainath (Cue Zone) 3-0 (63-35, 54-20, 75-26); Saranraj (Coimbatore) bt Sajiv Mathew (Towers Club) 3-2 (69-43, 55-27, 41-48, 44-58, 81-5); Peter Paul (Railways) bt Prateesh Singhla (TNBSA) 3-1 (12-70, 78-45, 78-35, 68-31).

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