Four cueists reach State jr snooker quarters

Fourth seed Nishant Biswal crushed Yogesh S Sadani by 3-0 frames to storm into the quarterfinals of the 15th Orissa State Junior Snooker Championship at Cuesport Academy in Bhubaneswar today. Avilash Mahananda, Dhananjay Garg and Chirag Arora were the other three to booked berths in the last eight round with contrasting wins. Results: First round: Rahul Gupta bt Satyabrata Das 3-1 (22-63, 45-22, 48-43, 51-31): JS Oberai bt Arpit Mohanty 3-0 (51-8, 78-27, 70-56). Pre-quarters: Avilash Mahananda bt Xerxes D Irani 3-2 (34-79, 53-12, 63-35, 14-44, 90-43): Dhananjay Garg bt Shahid F Dervish 3-1 (46-32, 68-15, 30-38. 66-42): Nishant Biswal bt Yogesh S Sadani 3-0 (72-6, 70-1, 74-19): Chirag Arora bt Subhabrata Rout 3-0 (64-19, 77-45, 64-19). PHOTO: Nishat Biswal attempts a putt at the State junior snooker championship in Bhubaneswar on July 28, 2009.

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