Billiards Nationals: Prequarterfinal line completed

Bangalore, Jan 19 (UNI) Asian Games gold medalist Pankaj Advani, defending Champion Devender Joshi and Dronacharya awardee Arvind Savur moved into knockout stage in the 73rd National Billiards Championship here today.

Devendar Joshi, Rafath Habib (Group A), Dhruv Sitwal and Nitin Kohli (Group B), Arvind Savur and Sourav Khothri (Group C), Rupesh Shah and K Venkatesham (Group D), B Bhaskar and Ashok Shandlya (Group E), Pankaj Advani and Sidarth Parikh (Group F), Geet Sethi and Arun Agarwal (Group G), Alok Kumar and Prem Prakash (Group H) have entered the knock out stage by finishing as top two cueists from each group.

Results: Group G: Arun Agarwal (Mah) bt Sonam Bhutia (WB) 598-231; Varun Taneja (Rlys) bt Aman Goyal (Har) 337-254; Geet Sethi (Guj) bt Raghoo Sinha (UP) 700-297. Group H: Alok Kumar (Pun) bt Antim Singhi (Rlys) 559-293; Rahul Agarwal (MP) bt A Satish Kumar (Kar) 359-389; Prem Prakash (TN) bt Shyamal Sharma (Bhi) 795-237. Group A: Devendra Joshi (PSPB) bt Lucky Vatnani (AP) 820-286; S Mumtaz Ali (Jhar) w/o Nitin Agarwal (MP); Rafath Habib (Rlys) bt Ravnaq Vazirani (Guj) 506-264. Group B: Dhruv Sitwala (PSPB) bt D Raj Kumar (Kar) 621-234; Nitin Kohli (UP) bt Ahsan Ul Haque (Ori) 329-289; Shyam Jagtiani (Rlys) bt Sandeep Gulati (Del) 559-184. Group C: Md.Asim (Rlys) bt Arvind Savur (Kar) 608-301; Md.Akram Khan (WB) bt Praveen Kumar (TN) 365-308; Sourav Kothari (PSPB) w/o Tarun Chandra Saraf (Bhi). Group D: Rupesh Shah (Guj) bt K Venkatesham (Rlys) 367-225; Omar Balsara (Mah) bt Anish Parekh (Jhar) 459-334; I V Rajiv (TN) w/o Shravan Mohta (Mah) Group G: Geet Sethi (Guj) bt Arun Agarwal 930-225; Raghoo Sinha (UP) bt Aman Goyal (Har) 540-180; Varun Taneja (Rlys) bt Sonam Bhutia (WB) 531-427. Group H: Alok Kumar (PSPB) bt Prem Prakash (TN) 470-426; Rahul Agarwal (MP) bt Shyamal Sharma (Bhi) 381-303; Antim Singhi (Rlys) bt A Satish Kumar (Kar) 263-113.

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