Telangana’s Srinu sails on
Disappointing day for Telangana cueists at 9-ball pool Nationals in city.
Hyderabad: K. Srinu was the only Telangana cueist of merit on Thursday at the 9-ball National Pool Championships being played at the Inorbit Mall here. Facing Manmeet Bhatia in a Round of 64 match, Srinu was utterly dominant, winning the encounter 7-0. Meanwhile, several Andhra Pradesh players had a good outing. Pandu Rangaiash defeated Hanish Sharma of Delhi 7-3 and Mani Kishore proved too good for Neeraj Kumar, who conceded the match when trailing 2-5. In the women’s section, AP cueist Rajini Devi defeated her Telangana opponent Akanksha Singh 5-2 in a qualifying match.
The results
Men: K. Srinu (TS) bt Manmeet Bhatia 7-0; Rafat Habib (rly) bt K. Vijay 7-1; Pandu Rangaiah (AP) bt Hanish Sharma (Del) 7-3; Nitesh Madan (Del) bt Saurabh Mehta 7-2; Vandit Kumar (PB) bt Tarun L. (TS) 7-3; Monu Chowdary (del) bt Nikhil Pise (Kar) 7-3; Shoaib Khan (Rly) bt Hemanth Kumar (Rly) 7-3; Jasim Tawin (Kar) bt Chetan Chhabra (TS) 7-4; Amit Bhushan (Kar) bt Satya Acharya (TS) 7-1; Puneet Sharma (Del) bt Vishal Mani (Kar) 7-6; Mani Kishore (AP) bt Neeraj Kumar (Rly) 5-2 (conceded); Praneet R. (TN) bt ML Laxman (Kar) 7-1; Bhupinder Singh (del) bt Ravi Sundariyal (TS) 7-2; Varun kumar (TN) bt Prabhu Kishore (AP) 7-6; Kamal Chawla (Rly) bt Arpit Seth (Del) 7-5; Daksh Reddy (Kar) bt Manjunath (TS) 7-4; Dhwaj Haria (PSPB) bt Pandu Rangaiah (AP) 9-4; Pushpender Singh (Rly) bt Bhupender Singh (Del) 9-7.
Women (qualifying): Akanksha Singh (TS) lost to Rajani Devi (AP) 5-2.
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