Lucky Vatnani, Pankaj Advani on a roll at Hyderabad cue event
In billiards, Advani defeated Sankar Rao 3-0 (152-51, 150-0, 152-6) with supreme ease.
Hyderabad: World champion Pankaj Advani and Hyderabad cueist Lucky Vatnani had an excellent outing each at the Billiards and Snooker Federation of India selection camp tournaments being held in association with the Telangana Cue Sports Association at the Baulkline Cuesports Academy in the city on Saturday.
In billiards, Advani defeated Sankar Rao 3-0 (152-51, 150-0, 152-6) with supreme ease. In snooker, Lucky racked up two victories — 4-1 (61-2, 73-31, 77-17, 0-93, 67-31) against Bharat Sisodiya and then, 4-2 (21-84, 57-11, 51-72, 74-62, 69-57, 64-16) against Anij Uppal.
The results
Snooker: Manan Chandra bt Anuj Uppal 4 0 (71-42, 80-38, 58-55, 67-58); Ishpreet Singh bt Sandeep Gulati 4-2 (75-9, 12-84, 101-0, 63-41, 8-128, 82-0); Lucky Vatnani bt Bharat Sisodiya 4-1 (61-2, 73-31, 77-17, 0-93, 67-31); Sandeep Gulati bt Bharat Sisodiya 4-3 (74-51, 57-22, 7-107, 1-72, 41-74, 63-61, 72-0); Ishpreet Singh bt Dilip Kumar 4-1 (78-0, 106-7, 47-46, 27-80, 80-0); Lucky Vatnani bt Anij Uppal 4-2 (21-84, 57-11, 51-72, 74-62, 69-57, 64-16).
Billiards: Siddarth Parekh bt Sankar Rao 3-1 (151-57, 110-150, 150-65, 151-27); Devendra Joshi bt Dhwaj Haria 3-1 (115-150, 151-72, 151-107, 151-90); Sourav Kotari bt Dhwaj Haria 3-1 (150-37, 151-18, 38-151, 151-13); Siddarth Parekh bt Devendra Joshi 3-0 (150-100, 151-113, 150-7); Pankaj Advani bt Sankar Rao 3-0 (152-51, 150-0, 152-6).