Digvijay Kadian upsets Sitwala in National 6-Red snooker

Digvijay Kadian of Haryana defeated two-time Asian billiards champion Dhruv Sitwala of PSPB 4-2 today to qualify for the group stages of the 7th National 6-Red Snooker championship here.
The Haryana cueist played confidently throughout the match and mixed attack with safety play to stay ahead of his fancied rival to win easily.
A total of 24 players have qualified from the winner bracket so far in the double elimination format.
Alok Kumar of PSPB, who has won the national title several times, also entered the group stage defeating Nitin Sharma 4-2.
I H Manudev and D Rajkumar of Karnataka also won their qualifying matches to enter the group stages.

Lucky Vatnani of Telangana who has been consistent right from the start also entered the group stage defeating Monu Choudhary 4-2.

Local cueist Dilip Kumar of RSPB also made it to the group stage, defeating Jatin Rawat 4-1.
Among Tamil Nadu players, current state 6-Red champion, J Varun Kumar defeated Sparsh Pherwani 4-2 to enter the main draw. Also advancing were G Prabhu and junior national champion S Shrikrishna.
The 24 winners bracket qualifiers: Shahbaaz Adil Khan, Dilip Kumar, Divya Sharma, Piyush Kushwaha, S Shrikrishna, Daksh Reddy, Venkatesam, Nitesh Madan, Rajat Khaneja, Anuj Uppal, Aneesh Saini.
Digvijay Kadian, I H Manudev, Pandurangaiah, Dhwaj Haria, Alok Kumar, Rohit Malhotra, Lucky Vatnani, G Prabhu, Anurag Giri, J Varun Kumar, Yogesh Kumar, Bharat Sissodiya and D Rajkumar.

Results:Shahbaaz Adil Khan bt Michael Rebello 4-3 (0-82, 29-14, 50-11, 37-1, 0-43 (43), 28-37, 42-3); Dilip Kumar bt Jatin Rawat 4-1 (35-28, 0-50, 11-35, 20-34, 22-45); Divya Sharma bt Akshay Kumar 4-3 (61-22, 45-15, 12-45, 40-48, 43-7, 23-31, 35-14); Piyush Kushwaha bt Md Shoaib Khan 4-2 (1-48, 15-26, 11-37, 51-8, 37-12, 8-37); S Shrikrishna bt Vinayak Agarwal 4-1 (34-9, 34-24, 51-11, 0-50, 42-2); Daksh Reddy bt Johnson Narsidani 4-1 (42-14, 22-50, 29-31, 17-45, 2-49).
Venkatesam bt Abhimanyu Gandhi 4-3 (37-32, 18-29, 8-37, 29-27, 9-44, 39-17, 43-31); Nitesh Madan bt Kankan Shamsi 4-0 (40-10, 50-8, 28-25, 48-24); Rajat Khaneja bt Aditya Agrawal 4-1 (1-39, 36-13, 13-51, 14-54, 29-41); Anuj Uppal bt Taaha Khan 4-3 (37-40, 40-5, 39-19, 36-1, 6-59 (59), 0-46, 45 (45)-42).

Aneesh Saini bt Siddharth Parikh 4-3 (44 (44)-0, 33-14, 16-42, 39-30, 30-34, 13-41, 19-39); Digvijay Kadian bt Dhruv Sitwala 4-2 (26-11, 42-24, 22-30, 12-26, 48-9, 41-17); Manudev bt S Sankara Rao 4-3 (66-33, 0-65, 21-31, 43-39, 47-4, 0-72, 36-1); D Rajkumar bt Ankit Kariwala 4-2 (73-22, 19-43, 24-32, 27-33, 42-32, 11-36).
Bharat Sissodiya bt Khizar Raoof 4-3 (7-50, 23-42, 9-50, 38-5, 31-30, 44-10, 7-47); Varun Kumar bt Sparsh Pherwani 4-2 (32-13, 9-39, 24-27, 47-18, 40-1, 31-26); Anurag Giri bt R Girish 4-2 (39-18, 52-8, 40-9, 4-37, 5-51 (51), 69 (59)-0).
G Prabhu bt Kushal Chandrashekar 4-3 (1-42, 14-30, 21-32, 29-20, 31-14, 52-13, 42-31); Lucky Vatnani bt Monu Choudhary 4-2 (0-69, 12-44, 28-49 (43), 34-25, 43-5, 0-37); Rohit Malhotra bt Neeraj Kumar 4-3 (14-58 (42), 47-38, 24-41, 21-44, 34-10, 50-0, 44-1); Alok Kumar bt Nitin Sharma 4-2 (57-12, 33-34, 63-8, 2-40, 67 (51)-0, 29-18).

Dhwaj Haria bt Ketan Chawla 4-2 (33-19, 45-18, 18-56 (42), 10-35, 33-9, 41-19); Pandurangaiah bt Pranit R 4-2 (19-64, 57-22, 45-6, 0-44 (44), 0-42, 21-43).