Raza beats Rahul to reach pre-quarters

Mohammad Raza blanked Rahul Prusty by 3-0 frames to reach the third round of the 5th Pradeep Sen Memorial All-Orissa Open Snooker Tournament at Cuttack Club, Cuttack today. Nishant Biswal and Sourya Prasad Patnaik also entered the pre-quarterfinals with straight-frame wins over Anubhav Agarwal and Gyana Satpathy respectively. Meanwhile, Mihir Vora, S P Patnaik, Ashutosh Padhee, Subhranshu Kar, Satyajyoti Mohanty, Mukund Jajodia, Wasim Khan and Jenson George won the remaining first round matches of the lucrative tournament. Results: First round: Mihir Vora bt Shyam Patwari 2-1 (60-40, 30-40, 44-25): Sourya Prasad Pattnaik bt Rajesh Swain 2-0 (45-20, 96-31): Ashutosh Padhee bt Sajeev Sahu (w/o), Subhranshu Kar bt Amitav Patnaik (w/o): Satyajit Mohanty bt Govind Sharma 2-0 (35-27, 74-33): Mukund Jajodia bt Anand Dwivedy 2-1 (21-64, 72-52, 31-23): Jenson George bt P K Ray 2-1 (33-49, 56-13, 63-39): Wasim Khan bt Nitin Arora 2-1 (26-60, 57-13, 51-33). Second round: Nishant Biswal bt Anubhav Agarwal 3-0 (57-43, 68-35, 66-44): Sourya Prasad Patnaik bt Gyana Satpathy 3-0 (54-25, 74-46, 31-20): 8th seed Mohammad Raza bt Rahul Prusty 3-0 (66-40, 39-34, 46-27)

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