Mumbai, August 15 (PTI) National champion and three-time Asian Championship winner Dhruv Sitwala defeated Ashok Shandilya 524-457 to move into the quarterfinals of the Western India Billiards and Snooker Championship here on Thursday.
Sitwala recorded breaks of 89 and 83 during his win in the contest played at the Khar Gymkhana.
In another match, S Srikrishna showed consistency and constructed three century efforts of 116,109, and 101 and went on to defeat Mehul Sutariya by a huge margin of 744-295 points.
In senior snooker third round match, Laxman Rawat (IOCL) made a break of 116 in the fourth frame during his 4-0 (68-59, 62-19, 70-15, and 116-1) win against Shashi Patel.
Sparsh Pherwani advanced to the third round recording a 4-1 (20-69, 55-10, 76-2, 76-29, 74-15). Pherwani had two good runs of 60 and 50 en route towards his win.
Former national champion Aditya Mehta halted Mayur Garg’s fine run by registering a 4-1 (94-4, 27-67, 68-5, 73-39, and 58-35) win.
Results: Senior billiards – Round 3: Dhruv Sitwala (ONGC) bt Ashok Shandilya (RLWYS) 524(89,83)-457; S. Srikrishna (BPCL) bt Mehul Sutariya (MUM) 744(116,109,101)-295; Round 2: Siddharth Parikh (RSPB) bt Vivek Narayan (MUM) 663(94,56)-233; Sumer Mago (MUM) bt Rafat Habib (RLWYS) 542-312; Alok Kumar (ONGC) bt Hitesh Kotwani 516-424; Dhvaj Haria w/o Shivam Arora; Vishal Madan (MUM) bt Vinay Swaminathan (MUM) 356-349; Raajev Sharma (MUM) W/o Ketan Chawla; Rayaan Razmi (MUM) bt Chandu Kasodaria (MUM) 754 (183,138)-293; Rupesh Shah (ONGC) bt Carl Serrao (MUM) 556(92)-236; Rishabh Thakkar (MUM) bt K. Venkatesh (RLWYS) 450-320.
Senior snooker – Round 3: Laxman Rawat (IOCL) bt Shashi Patel (GUJ) 4-0 (68-59, 62-19, 70(52)-15, 116(116)-1).
Round 2: Digvijay Kadian (HAR) bt Panduranga (RLWYS) 4-0 (74(64)-25, 72-28, 80(49)-44, 75-59); Anuj Uppal (DEL) bt Shahyan Razmi (MUM) 4-0 (58-17, 79(65)-20, 56(40)-47, 71(40)-29); Sparsh Pherwani (MUM) bt Shahbaaz Adil Khan (BPCL) 4-1 (20-69, 55-10, 76(60)-2, 76-29, 74(50)-15); Aditya Mehta (lOCL) bt Mayur Garg (GUJ) 4-1 (94(52)-4, 27-67, 68(44)-5, 73-39, 58-35).
Source: PTI News
