Advani, Haria set up final date

Bengaluru, January 14: Defending champion Pankaj Advani waltzed into the final of the 85th Senior National Billiards tournament at the Karnataka State Billiards Association on Sunday.

Advani will meet Dhvaj Haria in the title clash on Monday. 18-time world champion Advani notched up a straight win over PSPB’s Rupesh Shah 4-0. The Karnataka cueist crafted a frame of 128 in the first frame to take the opening honours 151-31. In the next three frames the 32-year-old crafted breaks of 105, 147, and 134 to seal an easy win.

Meanwhile youngster Haria who had entered the knockout stage only once prior to this, continued his stupendous run to seal a final clash with Advani.

. @dhvaj Haria (Gujarat / IOCL) to take on @PankajAdvani247 (Karnataka / ONGC) in the FINAL of National #Billiards Championship 2018

In semi's Pankaj beat Rupesh Shah 4-0; Dhvaj beat B. Bhaskar 4-1

RESULTS: https://t.co/z4O4IF5RaW pic.twitter.com/DBGWlqj1zc

— Cue Sports India (@cuesportsindia) January 14, 2018

PSPB’s Haria ended hopes of an all-Karnataka final as the young cueist defeated Karnataka player B Bhaskar in the semifinal match. Bhaskar fought hard, before going to do Dhvaj 1-4.

The final on Monday will see a tie between world champion Advani and rising cueist Haria.

Results: Semifinals: Pankaj Advani (PSPB) beat Rupesh Shah (PSPB) 4 – 0 [151 (128)-31, 150 (105)-11, 151 (147)-12, 150 (134)-71 (65)]; Dhvaj Haria (PSPB) beat B. Bhaskar (KAR) 4 – 1 [157 (53uf)-137, 150 (42, 108uf)-98 (98), 150 (54, 56)-52 (52), 118 (93)-151 (64uf), 151 (98)-132 (80, 52)]

Men Snooker National Qualifying: 1st Round: Rahul Devra (RAJ) beat Nimesh Shah (GUJ) 3 – 1 [11-51, 68-33, 46-30, 53-09]; Loknath (TN) beat A.D.Vinod Kumar (AP) 3 – 0 [74-02, 71,35, 76-19]; Yudhishthir (RAJ) beat Chirag.S (KAR) 3 – 0 [69-44, 54-32, 55-45]; Mohnish Arya (TN) beat Abhishikt (TLGN) 3 – 0 [76-43, 60-38, 55-09]; Sunil Nagaraik (KAR) beat Afroz Khan (KAR) 3 – 0 [63-30, 56-21, 62-31]; Rishi Sharma (JHRD) beat Kiran.T (KAR) 3 – 2 [66-38, 55-33, 52-28]; Francis (KAR) beat Rakesh (TN) 3 – 1 [26-55, 65-14, 64-22, 53-51]; Aditya Bhalla (DEL) beat Mandeep (RSPB) 3 – 0 [52-41, 51-38, 69-56]; Ayush Gupta (DEL) beat Naga Srinivas Gopi (TLGN) 3 – 0 [44-35, 59-31, 54-14]; Abhishek (MP) beat Rohit Rajan (DEL) 3 – 2 [46-55, 60-27, 65-54, 47-58, 64-07]; Touseef (KAR) beat Siddharth Patni (MP) 3 – 1 [74-46, 40-78, 54-21, 58-26]; Nishanth Vinodia (MP) beat Avinash Gowda (KAR) 3 – 0 [65-01, 55-35, 61-32]; Chandrakanth (AP) beat Ranganath Kapsi (KAR) 3 – 0 [61-59, 54-22, 83-42]; Kushal Choraria (KAR) beat c.V.Bharath Singh (KAR) 3 – 0 [66-31, 52-07, 64-28]; Denny (TN) beat Dhairasheel Gaikwad (MAH) 3 – 0 [54-37, 52-14, 59-12]; Pranit Ramchandani (TN) beat Vishal Barad (GUJ) 3 – 0 [53-07, 69-07, 63-29]; Michael Rebello (KAR) beat Saksham Ganirokar (UKD) 3 – 1 [25-69, 63-35, 62-11, 58-25]; Santosh (KAR) beat Junaid Azhar (TLGN) 3 – 1 [18-59, 61-09, 63-40, 67-32]; Sameer Verma (KAR) beat Harshad Sonkamble (MAH) 3 – 1 [48-52, 51-48, 60-59, 48-33]; Liyakath Shaikh (MAH) beat Hafeizur Rahman (KAR) 3 – 2 [18-56, 73-60, 33-67, 60-44, 70-59]; Garry Katila (PUN) beat Ganesh Kanal (JHD) 3 – 1 [61-54, 23-64, 54-04, 67-59]; Kreishh Gurbaxani (MAH) beat Nabeelakram (KER) 3 – 0 [59-49, 67-20, 71-55]; S. Magesh (TN) beat Nitin.G.R (KAR) 3 – 0 [62-33, 54-20, 64-26]; M.L. Lakshman (KAR) beat Saran Raj (TN) 3 – 0 [56-54, 67-41, 64-33]; Rohan Vohra (RAJ) beat Raghvendra K.M (KAR) 3 – 1 [79-53, 55-44, 40-57, 68-28]; Ayush Mittal (UP) beat Pranav Prabhakar (KAR) 3 – 1 [46-86, 59-39, 56-11, 61-33]; Anand Raghuvanshi (MAH) beat Shubham Pathak (DEL) 3 – 1 [50-06, 63-18, 33-55, 82-01]; Junaid Khan (MP) beat Nikhil Saigal (MAH) 3 – 2 [52-14, 56-50, 52-59, 22-47, 66-54]; Sparsh (MAH) beat Hariharen (TN) 3 – 1 [24-75, 87-22, 69-22, 58-11]; Hameed (TN) beat Jitesh Narang (PUN) 3 – 1 [60-47, 35-44, 58-36, 63-18]; Lokesh Sabriram (KAR) beat Syed Farid (TLGN) 3 – 2 [57-33, 50-11, 27-59, 45-54, 64-31]; Damu Menon (TN) beat Srivatsa (KAR) 3 – 0 [61-15, 60-18, 50-27]; Prateek Mohar (HP) beat Manish.P (KAR) 3 – 0 [57-51, 53-42, 36-29]; Md. Aslam (TLGN) beat Arjun Yadav (KAR) 3 – 0 [69-20, 56-05, 77-02]; Faizuddin (KAR) beat Imtiyaz Shaikh (KAR) 3 – 2 [23-55, 81-50, 43-44, 49-41, 71-38]; Manish Kumbare (MP) beat Dheeraj Kakumanu (TLGN) 3 – 1 [50-76, 55-46, 57-48, 56-48]; Ajit (KAR) beat Md.Asad (KAR) 3 – 0 [59-27, 69-29, 99-09]; Subrat Das (ODI) beat Abhinav Badge (MP) 3 – 0 [59-42, 64-33, 69-21]; Manoj Pratap (KAR) beat Mirza Zain Ali Baig (TLGN) 3 – 0 [47-17, 69-37, 61-42]; Jenil K.Patel (GUJ) beat Praveen Ratee (HAR) 3 – 1 [38-90, 70-11, 80-59, 62-07]; Ruchir Masand (MP) beat Raja.B (KAR) 3 – 2 [32-57, 51-04, 39-68, 71-14, 47-37]; Cherag Ramakrishnan (MAH) beat Chetan.A.V (KAR) 3 – 2 [53-61, 27-63, 59-02, 48-09, 78-23]; Kushal Chandrashekar (KAR) beat Shubham Mandvi (MAH) 3 – 0 [82-12, 70-24, 54-44]; Arjun Mehta (KAR) beat Paul (KER) 3 – 0 [68-09, 63-29, 67-08]; Mahesh Aditya (KAR) beat Rakesh Kumar Barik (ODI) 3 – 1 [45-41, 58-06, 50-55, 60-58]; Rohit.T (KAR) beat Samyak Kataria (MP) 3 – 1 [60-49, 37-46, 64-53, 62-14]; Adesh. N (KAR) beat Nizam (TN) 3 – 0 [63-22, 72-30, 64-56]; Vijay Nichani (TN) beat Pranay Prakash (BHI) 3 – 0 [64-09, 66-14, 75-19]; S.A. Saleem (TN) beat Sagar Jain (MAH) 3 – 0 [76-29, 61-44, 63-34]; Vinod Shanmugam (TN) beat Raihaan Armaan (KAR) 3 – 2 [25-55, 47-36, 66-40, 23-59, 73-15]; Chandan Agrawal (UP) beat Abhishek Sharma (DEL) 3 – 0 [56-52, 69-63, 54-44]; Sunny Girdhar (DEL) beat Suprabathan (TN) 3 – 0 [66-27, 62-29, 53-15]