Defending Champion Sourav survives a scare; beats back challenge from local lad
While Rupesh Shah (PSPB) posted easy victories over Neeraj Kumar (RSPB) 3-0 with the scoreline reading 101(63)-0, 100(100)-12, 100(78)-26; and Amit Sharma (Delhi) 3-1 with scores of 101(81)-0, 101(72)-16, 89-100(65), 100(100)-02.
Sourav Kothari (PSPB) was down 0-2 at one point against West Bengal’s Aamer Hossain, but recovered his composure to first level and then finish it 3-2. 27-101(83), 90(51)-102, 100(53)-2, 100-30, 101-29
As expected, Pankaj Advani (PSPB) played flawless billiards to beat S. Simhachalam (RSPB) 3-0.
102(102)-00, 101-72, 100(51)-55
Scores
Group A
Sourav Kothari (PSPB) beat Aamer Hossain 3-2
27-101(83), 90(51)-102, 100(53)-2, 100-30, 101-29
Shahbaaz Adil Khan (PSPB) beat C. Vijayaram (TN) 3-1
102-18, 100-74, 85-100, 102-35
Rafath Habib (RSPB) beat S. Shankar Rao (Andhra Pradesh) 3-0
101-74, 100-21, 100-86
Aamer Hussain (West Bengal) beat S. Shankar Rao (Andhra Pradesh) 3-1
27-102(81), 100-37, 102-36, 100(64)-85(65)
Rafath Habib (RSPB) beat C. Vijayaram (Tamil Nadu) 3-0
102-41, 101-43, 101-80
Sourav Kothari (PSPB) beat Shahbaaz Adil Khan (PSPB) 3-0
101(50)-31, 102(82)-38, 100-84
Group B
Alok Kumar (PSPB) beat Ankit Kariwala (West Bengal) 3-0
101(67)-16, 100(52)-79, 101-58
Ankit Kariwala (West Bengal) beat Rakesh R. Pradhan (Orissa) 3-0
101-79, 100-98, 101-09
Alok Kumar (PSPB) beat Shivam Arora (Bihar) 3-0
101-02, 101(92)-09, 100-15
Vishal Madan (Maharashtra) beat I.H. Manudev (Karnataka) 3-1
100-52, 48-100, 100-77, 100-12
Alok Kumar (PSPB) beat Vishal Madan (Maharashtra) 3-2
101-64, 77-100, 100-64, 13-101, 100-06
Shivam Arora (Bihar) beat Rakesh R. Pradhan (Orissa) 3-0
100-62, 101-17, 100-93
I.H. Manudev (Karnataka) beat Rakesh R. Pradhan (Orissa) 3-0
100-52, 100-77, 100(62)-27
Group C
B. Bhaskar (Karnataka) beat Kankan Shamsi (Uttar Pradesh) 3-0
100-27, 100-08, 100-55
Dhvaj Haria (PSPB) beat Ketan Chawla (Madhya Pradesh) 3-0
100(55)-82, 103(56)-88, 100-38
B. Bhaskar (Karnataka) beat Aditya Agrawal (RSPB) 3-1
100(67)-50(47), 85(70)-101(54), 100(100)-0, 100-42
Himanshu Jain (Telengana) beat Ketan Chawla (Madhya Pradesh) 3-0
100-98, 100-40, 100-27
Dhvaj Haria (PSPB) beat Himanshu Jain (Telengana) 3-2
100-59, 87-101, 102-59, 85-101, 103(90)-02
Aditya Agrawal (RSPB) beat Ketan Chawla (Madhya Pradesh) 3-0
100(96)-00, 100(51)-39, 102(48)-66
Group D
S. Mumtaz Ali (Jharkhand) beat Manish Jain (West Bengal) 3-1
31-101, 100-34, 100-61, 100(89)-0
Abhimanyu Gandhi (Gujarat) W/O Divya Sharma (Haryana)
Dhruv Sitwala (PSPB) beat Abhimanyu Gandhi (Gujarat) 3-0
101(74)-02, 100-65, 104(93)-06
Arun Agarwal (Maharashtra)
W/O Divya Sharma (Haryana)
S. Mumtaz Ali (Jharkhand) beat Abhimanyu Gandhi (Gujarat) 3-0
101-62, 101-17, 100-79
Manish Jain (West Bengal) beat Arun Agarwal (Maharashtra) 3-0
100(61)-69(57),100(90)-69(61), 101(53)-70
Group E
Rupesh Shah (PSPB) beat Neeraj Kumar (RSPB) 3-0
101(63)-0, 100(100)-12, 100(78)-26
Shyam Jagtiani (West Bengal) beat Anupam Jha (Bihar) 3-0
102(59)-41, 100-31, 102-6
Siddharth Parikh (RSPB) W/O Aneesh Saini (Haryana)
Shyam Jagtiani (West Bengal) W/O Aneesh Saini (Haryana)
Siddharth Parikh (RSPB) beat Neeraj Kumar (RSPB) 3-0
102(43)-84(56), 100-20, 101-04
Rupesh Shah (PSPB) beat Amit Sharma (Delhi) 3-1
101(81)-0, 101(72)-16, 89-100(65), 100(100)-02
Group F
Brijesh Damani (PSPB) beat Chandu Kansodaria (Maharashtra) 3-0
101-24, 101-30, 101-31
Ashok Shandilya (RSPB) beat D. Rajkumar (Karnataka) 3-0
101-41, 101-36, 101(71)-20
Parthiv Jhaveri (Gujarat) beat Anseth Pareira (Jharkhand) 3-0
101-35, 100(50)-17, 102-79
D. Rajkumar (Karnataka) beat Parthiv Jhaveri (Gujarat) 3-1
46-100, 101-34, 102(99)-43, 100-87
Brijesh Damani (PSPB) beat Hritik 3-1
45-101, 102-54, 100-86, 100-54
Ashok Shandilya (RSPB) beat Chandu Kansodaria (Maharashtra) 3-0
100(53)-71(63), 100-0, 100-0
Group G
Devendra Joshi (PSPB) beat Subrat Das (Orissa) 3-0
101(91)-9, 101-50, 101(79)-73
Nikhil Ghadge (RSPB) beat Malkeet Singh (RSPB)
100-14, 100(57)-86, 100-46
Devendra Joshi (PSPB) beat Nikhil Ghadge (RSPB) 3-1
101-82, 102-53, 98-101, 101(101)-31
I.V. Rajeev (Andhra Pradesh) beat Subrat Das (Orissa) 3-1
100(55)-38, 101-65, 99-102, 100-24
Malkeet Singh (RSPB) W/O Sanjay Bisht (Uttarakhand)
Subrat Das (Orissa) beat Malkeet Singh (RSPB) 3-2
101-93, 96-101, 64-102, 101-96, 100-68
I.V. Rajeev (Andhra Pradesh) beat Puneet Kaushik (Delhi) 3-0
101-45, 101-40, 100-68
Group H
Pankaj Advani (PSPB) beat S. Simhachalam (RSPB) 3-0
102(102)-00, 101-72, 100(51)-55
Durga Prasad (RSPB) beat Ranjit M.N. (Telengana) 3-1
64-100, 101-84, 100-34, 100-57
S. Shrikrishna (Tamil Nadu) beat Durga Prasad (RSPB) 3-1
100-55, 57-105(60), 100-50, 100(83)-66
Jaiveer Dhingra (Maharashtra) beat Subodh Lahiri (Uttar Pradesh) 3-0
100-25, 102(56)-18, 101-80
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