29 January 2013: Shankar upset M.L. Laxman; Ishpreet lost to Shri Krishna

On fourth day of Manisha National Billiards & Snooker Championship 2013 being held at Gymnasium Hall of Jiwaji University, Gwalior (Org. by Gwalior District Billiards and Snooker Association), Shankar Saini of Uttar Pradesh outplayed former India Junior No.3 M.L. Laxman of Karnataka in straight set of frames 2-Nil in his Last 32 match. Laxman had few chances in the first frame but Shankar dominated the second frame and sealed the match comfortably 76-37, 52-22. After that also he continued his winning streak and defeated Adit Raja (Maharashtra) 2-1 in the Pre-Quarter finals. Adit managed to win first frame only and had no other option except bowing down against UP State No.1 in the next two frames.

Sub-Junior Billiards champion Ishpreet Chadha suffered a shock defeat against Shri Krishna of Tamil Nadu 2-1 in the Pre-Quarter final match. Ishpreet won the first frame and failed to secure the second frame despite having a tough fight against Shri Krishna. In the decider both the players played exceptionally well and the frame went till black ball game where Shri Krishna succeeded and moved into Quarter Finals.

In Junior Billiards defending champion Dhvaj Haria reached into Quarter finals defeating M. Mani Kishore of AP (370-91) in Last 32 and Rohit Malhotra of WB (430-201). He will now take on Ashutosh Padhy of Orissa in the quarter final match of Junior Billiards.

Today Qualifying matches of Junior Snooker also started where local player Harshit Taluja remained unlucky. Despite having a lead of 2-NIL he lost 2-3 against Manish P. of Karnataka.

Harshit played brilliant and pulled the first frame by one point and had a good win of second frame too but after that Manish controlled throughout and registered 3-2 win over Harshit.