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Lucknow :: 21 Feb 2014
Brijesh Damani fought
hard to secure opening match win
A hectic schedule of the matches continued to mark the day eight of the
Manisha Billiards and Snooker Nationals, at the Shubham Banquets here in
Lucknow today.
The kind of enthusiasm shown by the senior specialists of the cue sport on
a cool day was a treat to watch for the moderate gathering.
Brijesh Damani from PSPB scored a thrilling 3-2 win
against Tamil Nadu Sri Krishna the way with a break of 51, had to fight
hard for his win, though in the decider it was Brijesh all way with a
break of 51. Where as, Nitin Kohli had it easy as he outplay Sagar Yadav
of Gujarat 3-0 to book his place in the senior billiards main draw. The
other two UP players both lost the first matches while Kankan Shamsi won
his second match of the day betting Anshul Mittal from Haryana. Akshay
Kumar was unfortunate as he broke his cue in practice shoots and had to
play with the borrowed cue.
In the other matches of the main draw I.V. Rajeev of Andhra Pradesh had a
straight frame win against Uttar Pradesh Kankan Shamsi 3-0, while Kamal
Chawla of Railways also had a straight frame win against Sanjay Alaudia of
Rajasthan 3-0.
In the junior billiards, top four cueist were Gujarat's Dhvaj Haria picked
up the Junior Billiards third national title in a row. He showed no mercy
as he defeated all three of his opponents in the round robin matches.
Maharastra's Ishpreet Chadha become India no. tow while, Karnatka's ML
Laxman and Tamil Nadu's Jagadesh B had be content three and four
respectively.
In the junior snooker championship, the four Dhvaj Haria, Sahil Nayyar,
Ishpreet Chadha and Ashutosh Padhy will play the round robin stating
tonight and continue tomorrow.
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News Desk
Cue Sports India
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