Chitra enters Semifinals

Bangalore, Jan 27 (UNI) World Eight Pin Snooker Champion Chitra Magimairaj of Karnataka stormed into Semifinals of the 15th Ladies National Billiards Championship, even as international star Ashok Shandilya of Railways defeated Omar Balsara of Maharashra 3-0 in the league match of the 73rd Seniors National Snooker Championship here today.

Chitra, though had to sweat it out to beat Arantxa Sanchis of Maharashtra 2-1 in the first match, she had a cake walk against Lavanya of Tamil Nadu 2-0.

Results: Snooker: Men Main League: Group M: Aditya Mehta (Mah) bt M S Arun (Kar) 3-1 (60-13, 47-75, 70-33, 66-56); S Mumtaz Ali (Jhar) bt Kamal Chawla (Rlys) 3-1 (40-68, 49-16, 55-54, 42-32) Group N: Aditya Goenka (WB) bt Sohail Jairaj (Kar) 3-2 (42-38,47-10, 37-71, 14-70, 72-61); Duncan Mackenzie (Kar) bt Girish (TN) 3-2 (36-78, 50-57, 61-32, 74-16, 73-24) Group O: Rupesh Shah (Guj) bt Antim Singhi (TN)3-0 (51-31, 60-27, 75-09 (B-30); Neeraj Khemka (WB) gets walkover against Sumeet Talwar (Ch) Group J: Prem Prakash (TN) bt Siddharth Anand (Del) 3-2 (33-56, 72-48, 49-05, 61-69, 54-16); Kanishk Jhanjariya (MP) bt M Arun (Raj) 3-1 (51-29, 74-46, 35-57, 66-35) Group K: Neeraj Kumar (Bhi) bt Shravan Mohta (Mah) 3-2 (46-17,02-56, 74-30, 31-51, 69-23); Kamal Rohmetra (JK) bt Sandeep Singh (MP) 3-0 (69-23, 54-24, 52-44).

Group L: D Raj Kumar (Kar) bt Dharminder Lilly (Pun) 3-1 (70-34, 01-82, 71-29, 54-51); B Bhaskar (Kar) bt Abhishek Raj (UP) 3-0 (56-08, 76-31, 75-09) Group G: Shyam Jagtiani (Rlys) bt Siddharth Rao (TN) 3-1 (51-43, 12-68, 86-08, 78-25).

Group H: Ashok Shandilya (Rlys) bt Omar Balsara (Mah) 3-0 (79-53, 77-54, 68-06).

Group I: S A Saleem (TN) bt Devendra Joshi (PSPB) 3-0 (65-38, 84-23, 59-23); Lucky Vatnani (AP) bt Shyamal Sharma (Bhi)3-0 (55-42, 72-15, 52-50) Ladies (Billiards:Knock out) Meenal Thakur (Mah) bt Lakshmi Suryanarayana Rao (Kar) 2-0 (52-38, 54-13); Chitra Magimairaj (Kar) bt Arantxa Sanchis (Mah) 2-1(50-16, 44-52, 50-12); Indira Gowda (Kar) bt Jagruthi Patel (Mah)2-1(51-36, 39-52, 52-17); Lavanya (TN) bt Shreya Kothari (WB) 2-0 (51-42, 50-20 Mandip Kaur (Kar) bt Aakanksha Singh (AP) 2-1 (50-48, 38-51, 50-26); Somini Srinivas (TN) bt Keerat Bhandal (Del) 2-0 (50-24, 50-17) R Uma Devi (Kar) bt Asha (TN) 2-1 (26-50, 59-16, 50-13); Sangeetha Hemchand (Mah) bt Neeta Kothari (WB) 2-0 (51-34, 50-34); Sadhana Patel (Kar) bt Shabana Banu (AP) 2-0 (50-40, 51-41); Vidya Pillai (TN) bt Priyanka Agarwal (Ori) 2-0 (50-25, 50-27); Anuja Thakur (PSPB) bt Indira Hegde (Kar) 2-0 (50-19, 52-24); Renu Barkatiya (MP) bt Heena Khandelwal (Mah) 2-0 (52-32, 50-23); Chitra Magimairaj(Kar) bt Lavanya (TN) 2-0 (52-37, 51-10).

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