Mumbai, Jan 17 (PTI) Mumbai's Ishpreet Singh Chadha, currently the lone Indian competing on the professional circuit, proved too good for Shoaib Khan as he recorded an authoritative 6-1 win in the best-of-11-frames quarter-finals at the All India Snooker Open here on Wednesday.

The Delhi cueist started on a promising note and pocketed the opening frame to take the lead. But, that brought out the best from Ishpreet who stamped his class with a sterling performance.

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He showed good touch and accuracy with his shots to put together five sizeable breaks of 74, 78, 104, 88 and 85 and went on to chalk out a comprehensive 39-86, 79-8, 84-0, 104-0, 112-0, 108-30, and 85-50 win.

Meanwhile, defending champion Laxman Rawat crashed out losing rather tamely to Varun Kumar 3-6 in another last eight match on an adjacent table.

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Kumar was steady from the start and pounced on every chance to topple Rawat who was not at his best.

Varun Kumar beat Laxman Rawat 6-3 (41-62, 66(55)-14, 89(89)-45, 72-51, 85-38, 69-75, 54-72, 97(87)-36, 90(52)-0).

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