Manisha - Vascon National Billiards & Snooker Championships 2020
Advani announces his arrival at the Manisha - Vascon National Billiards and Snooker Championship
24-Jan-2020
Pankaj Advani of PSPB
Twenty three times World Champion Pankaj Advani announces his arrival in style after defeating Ashutosh Padhy in straight sets at the Manisha - Vascon National Billiards and Snooker Championship organized by BSAM and played at PYC Hindu Gymkhana Billiards room on Friday.
Advani, representing Petroleum Sports Promotion Board (PSPB) scored a break of 111 points in the first frame to win it 151-37. In the second frame, Advani scored a break of 62 to win in 151-37 to take control of the best of five frames. The third set served as a formality as Advani scored breaks of 84 and 66 to win it with a 152-70 score line.
In another interesting match, Maharashtra’s Arun Agarwal made a break of 138 in the second frame to beat Raj Mohan in straight sets. Agarwal won the frames 3-0(150-41, 150(138)-10, 150 (62)-49). Neeraj Kumar defeated Rishabh Kumar of Maharashtra 3-0(151(78)-46, 151(125)-08, 150(50)-62) to enter the knockout round.
Following are the results: Group League Round:
Group G: Arun Agarwal(Mah) bt Raj Mohan P.(PDC) 3-0(150-41, 150(138)-10, 150(62)-49);
Group H: Rupesh Shah(PSPB) bt Kunal Agarwal(Odisha) 3-0(151(124)-02, 150-77, 150(93)-37);
Group H: Rafat Habib(RSPB) bt Siddharth Patni(MP) 3-0(150(80)-62, 152-146, 150(60)-96);
Group I: Brijesh Damani(PSPB) bt Chandu Kasodaria(Mah) 3-0(150-07, 150(71)-131, 152(69)-27);
Group J: Akshay Kumar(UP) bt Amit Sapru(Mah) 3-0(151(50,50)-122, 152(50)-57, 151-59);
Group J: Prem Prakash(TN) bt Shekhar Surve(RSPB) 3-0(150-31, 150(117)-64, 150-89);
Group K: Alok Kumar(PSPB) bt Mahesh Jagdale(Mah) 3-0(150(56)-129, 150-122, 150(50)-12);
Group K: Kadiyapu Vibhas(TLGN) bt MS Reddy(AP) 3-2(119-152, 151-137, 43-152, 150-115, 150-52);
Group M: Rajeev Sharma(Mah) bt B. Rajkumar(KTK) 3-1(150(65)-128(51), 136-151(68), 150(41)-79(58), 151(92)-127(74));
Group M: L. Durga Prasad(RSPB) bt Aditya Agarwal(RSPB) 3-2(130-151, 150-107, 83-152, 150-121, 150-113);
Group N: Kamal Chawla(RSPB) bt Tushar Shrishtha(BSFI) 3-0(151(110)-08, 151(99)-64, 151-21);
Group O: Neeraj Kumar(RSPB) bt Rishabh Kumar(Mah) 3-0(151(78)-46, 151(125)-08, 150(50)-62);
Group P: Varun Kumar(TN) bt Akram Khan(WB) 3-1(66-152, 150-98, 150-66, 152-64);
Group P: Rayaan Razmi(Mah) bt Ketan Chawla(MP) 3-0(152(97)-67, 150(56)-77, 150-128);
Group Q: K. Venkatesham(RSPB) bt Ayush Sinha(BSFI) 3-0(151-17, 150(114)-50, 150(81)-35);
Group Q: Pankaj Advani(PSPB) bt Ashutosh Padhy(Odisha) 3-0(151(111)-37, 151(62)-52, 152(84,68)-70).