Chennai, May 15 (PTI) V R Satish Kumar of TNCA edged out R Anupama by three frames to two in the N Manimaran & Kishan Kothari Memorial SVS Club Open Snooker Championship 2019 here Wednesday.

Satish took the first two frames 69-40 and 42-36 before Anupama found her rhythm. She won the third and fourth frames to level the match before Satish ran away with the decider 57-17.

Adesh Kothari, the current state snooker champion, got the better of Kamalakannan by three frames to one.

In another match, Athul Kishore of Kerala beat Neena Praveen while Abhinav (Buddy) got the better of Kerala's Mithun in a close encounter.

Results: V R Satish Kumar (TNCA) bt R Anupama (Mylapore Club) 3-2 (69-40, 42-36, 14-60, 27-64, 57-17); Madan (Cue Zone) bt Vijayram (Mylapore Club) 3-2 (72-12, 54-66, 32-68, 51-42, 73-61); Abhinav (Buddys) bt Mithun (Kerala) 3-2 (32-63, 42-67, 63-57, 57-46, 62-27); Deepadarshan (TNBSA) bt Harish (TNBSA) 3-1 (44-42, 28-60, 45-35, 68-43).

Adesh Kothari (Q-lounge) bt Kamalakannan (Cue Zone) 3-1 (78-14, 65-30, 26-68, 84-10); Kankan Shamsi (Uttar Pradesh) bt T Rohit (Karnataka) 3-1 (60-66, 69-8, 77-22, 67-32); Shalouf (Kerala) bt Vinod Shanmugham (Cues & Yous) 3-2 (11-67, 45-53, 59-45, 65-20, 48-36); Abdul Kader (Smart Shooters) bt Srivatsan (TNBSA) 3-0 (66-5, 60-30, 77-21).

Asim (Snook City) bt Shoib Ur Rehman (Q Ball) 3-1 (65-46, 49-34, 34-54, 72-35); Saleem (Snook City) bt Dhyan Sharat (Cue Zone) 3-2 (56-41, 24-74, 60-06, 43-56, 64-34). PTI

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