Sports News | Advani Wins in Style Against Chawla in Baukline Snooker

Mumbai, May 9 (PTI) Ace Indian cueist Pankaj Advani displayed top class craftsmanship to beat Ketan Chawla 7-1 in the quarterfinals of the NSCI Baulkline 4.0 All India Snooker Tournament here on Friday.

In the best of 13 frames knock-out match, Advani struck form in the last four frames with high breaks of 63, 82, 57 and 60 to romp home in style at the NSCI Dome.

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In another last eight match, Himanshu Jain defeated Digvijay Kadian 7-2. Ishpreet Singh Chadha beat Sourav Kothari 7-2.

Results (quarterfinals): Pankaj Advani bt Ketan Chawla 72-23, 89-39, 56-69 (51), 84-26, 93 (63) -30, 91(82)-0, 88 (57)-13, 86 (60)-31).

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Pre-quarterfinals - set to 11 frames): Kamal Chawla bt Mohd.Hussain Khan 6-3: 125 (119) -0, 73-8, 28 -109 (55, 50), 41-65, 70- 56, 44-81, 72-29, 63-48, 72 (57) -24; Pankaj Advani bt Shahbaz Khan 6-1: 77 (60) -44, 84 (80) -12, 114 (110) -6, 72 (43)-53, 36 -64, 64 (46)-15, 94 (78)-33; Aditya Mehta bt E Panduranga 6-1; 78 (61)- 33, 87 (53)-54, 66-25, 75-25, 47-60, 85-8, 92 (58)-0; Ketan Chawla bt Paras Gupta 6-5: 38-63, 60-66, 50-91, 3-67, 13-84, 59-46, 58-42, 54-58, 55-4, 70-30, 67-49.

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