Hyderabad: World champion Pankaj Advani continued to power on while Hyderabad’s Lucky Vatnani had a mixed day 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 Friday, Pankaj won both his billiards games with ease — blanking Siddarth Parekh as well as Sourav Kotari with 3-0 scorelines.
In snooker, Lucky, having suffered a hiccup against Sandeep Gulati, regained his rhythm by mauling Manan Chandra, the No.1 seed, 4-1.
The Results
Snooker: Manan Chandra bt Dilip Kumar 4-2 (78-22, 54-38, 35-71, 28-70, 85-08, 105-20); Sandeep Gulati bt Lucky Vatnani 4-2 (98-14, 58-71, 88-25, 24-68, 75-3, 54-45); Ishpreet Singh bt Anuj Uppal 4-3 (60-50, 99-27, 67-79, 62-53, 49-76, 38-65, 82-1); Lucky Vatnani bt Manan Chandra 4-1 (30-72, 64-20, 81-1, 66-12, 70-41); Sandeep Gulati bt Anuj Uppal 4-2 (71-58, 63-19, 19-62, 62-55, 31-58, 58-50); Dilip Kumar bt Bharat Sisodiya 4-2 (47-61, 71-7, 0-85, 93-0, 62-34, 72-2)
Billiards: Sourav Kotari bt Devender Joshi 3-0 (151-50, 152-116, 150-108); Pankaj Advani bt Siddarth Parekh 3-0 (150-0, 151-0, 150-15); Dhwaj Haria bt Sankar Rao 3-1 (151-29, 23-151, 152-71, 150-0); Pankaj Advani bt Sourav Kotari 3-0 (151-45, 150-0, 150-3)
