27 January 2013: Ishpreet, Nikhil, Jagadesh and M.L. Laxman entered in ‘Top 4’ of Sub Junior Billiards

By the evening of second day of Manisha National Billiards & Snooker Championship 2013 being held at Jiwaji Stadium, Gwalior (Org. by Gwalior District Billiards and Snooker Association), Ishpreet Chadha (Maharashtra), Nikhil Pise (Karnataka), Jagadesh B. (Tamil Nadu) and M.L. Laxman (Karnataka) reached into top 4 of Sub-Junior Billiards category.

Where Ishpreet, Jagadesh and Laxman sailed smoothly into the ‘Top 4’ stage, Nikhil Pise registered a commendable win over former Sub-Junior Billiards champion Ashutosh Padhy of Orissa by 4 points only. Despite maintaining a lead throughout the match Ashutosh remained unlucky in the last moments where Nikhil scored a break of 40 points and stepped ahead. Ashutosh got a chance but managed to score an unfinished break of 22 points and fall short by 4 points.

Local player from Gwalior Anuj Agarwal (MP) played well in earlier rounds but could not produce any magic against Ishpreet Chadha of Maharashtra 117-268.

Nikhil will now take on Ishpreet chadha in the semi final match tomorrow where as M.L. Laxman will play against Jagadesh B.

Earlier another player from Karnataka, Arjun Mehta shocked Jaiveer Dhingra of Maharashtra 207-183. Arjun was trailing in the initial stage but later he recovered and compiled few good breaks to upset Dhingra. However, Mehta lost to Gurcharan Singh of West Bengal in the next round 157-173.