Advani, Alok storm into final

Representing Petroleum Sports Promotion Board, Advani scored a 150-121, 79-151, 152-82, 9-151, 151-71, 151-44 win over Dhruv Sitwala, also of PSPB, in the semifinal here at the PYC Hindu Gymkhana.

Karnataka’s B Bhaskar lost to PSPB’s Alok Kumar in the second semifinal -- 48-153, 87-152, 150-112, 151-19, 151-51, 150-25.

In the women’s snooker event, Karnataka’s R Umadevi topped group ‘H’. Umadevi, who had got the better of Shreya Kothari 45-11, 88-28 on Friday, before beating Arya Pimpale and Suniti Damini

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Results: Men (billiards), semifinals: Pankaj Advani bt Dhruv Sitwala 150-121, 79-151, 152-82, 9-151, 151-71, 151-44; Alok Kumar bt B Bhaskar 48-153, 87-152, 150-112, 151-19, 151-51, 150-25.

Women’s (snooker): Group A: Meenal Thakur bt Asha 61-24, 65-18. Group B: Vidya Pillai bt Keerath Bhandaal 46-22, 64-37.

Group C: Anuja Chandra bt Neeta Kothari 45-18, 49-34.
Group D: Arantxa Sanchis bt Laxmi Suryanarayan 58-19, 53-12; Arantxa bt Heena Khandelwal 66-12, 57-19. Group E: Priyanka Agarwal bt Chitra Magimairaj 51-46, 63-41; Chitra bt Renu Barkatia 58-19, 71-29.

Group F: Ashwini Puranik bt Sania Arif 59-12, 33-41, 22-13; Ashwini bt Indira Gowda 42-35, 48-36. Group G: Neeta Sanghvi bt Neena Praveen 27-42, 63-51, 79-47.
Group H: Suniti Damani bt Arya Pimpale 76-21, 51-30; R Umadevi bt Arya Pimpale 50-61,48-30, 40-35; Umadevi bt Suniti D 69-17, 46-24.