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Sixth seed Siddharth sen registered a fighting 4-2 victory over second seed Rakesh Roshan Pradhan to enter the final of the 5th Pradeep Sen Memorial All-Orissa Open Snooker Tournament at Cuttack Club, Cuttack on Saturday.
Defending champion Subrat Das will take on fourth seed Ahsan-ul Haque in the second semifinal tomorrow. Earlier in the quarterfnals, top seed Subrat outplayed Satyam Patnaik 4-1, while Haque thrashed Saurya Prasad Pattanaik by identical margin.
In the other half, Rakesh blanked seventh seed Sureet Singh 4-0, Siddharth trounced Subhranshu Kar 4-1.
RESULTS:
Second round: Sureet Singh bt Mukund Jajodia 3-0 (69-6, 68-37, 65-6).
Pre-quarters: Subrat Das bt Nishant Biswal 3-2 (43-51, 66-17, 67-29, 46-49, 58-18): Rakesh Roshan Pradhan bt Khalid Sultan 3-0 (62-13, 67-48, 71-22): Satyam Pattanaik bt Mohammad Raza 3-0 (66-42, 53-27, 36-32): Siddharth Sen bt Sandipani Mishra (walk-over).
Quarterfinals: Ahsan-ul Haque bt Saurya Prasad Pattanaik 4-1 (76-12, 59-22, 52-66, 52-51, 48-44): Rakesh Roshan Pradhan bt Sureet Singh 4-0 (48-35, 61-17, 58-49, 79-42: Siddharth Sen bt Subhranshu Kar 4-1 (61-37, 66-33, 63-25, 15-48, 79-44): Subrat Das bt Satyam Pattanaik 4-1 (83-8, 64-36, 24-64, 77-52, 63-51.
Semifinals: S Sen bt RR Pradhan 51-49, 37-74, 42-45, 84-63, 59-51, 54-41.
