Rafath Habib posts easy win in Snooker Masters North Zone

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : Mar 13 2013 | 6:00 PM IST
Former Asian Games gold-medallist and second seed, Rafath Habib showed his class when he beat Sachin Yadav in straight frames while third seed Divya Sharma suffered a shocking 2-3 defeat against Sharad Kumar in the RKG Snooker Masters North Zone championship, here today.
Chennai's Habib, playing his first match in the championship, was on a roll, potting the ball all around the table skillfully to outclass Uttar Pradesh's Sachin Yadav 3-0 at the Megapool Snooker Academy in Dwarka.
Habib hardly broke a sweat as he put it across his opponent with consummate ease to advance to the next round on the fifth day of the championship.
In the match between Divya and Sharad, both the cueists found going tough against each other.
Local-lad Sharad started with a bang as he virtually toyed with Haryana's Divya before carving out a facile break of 67 in the opening frame. Divya put up an improved show in the second frame to win it 75-43.
With scores locked at 1-1, Sharad came up with a break of 52 in the third frame to surge ahead. However, Divya quickly made amends to his game and pocketed the fourth frame 64-25 to take the match to the decider.
Both the cueists enthralled the audience with their fine potting skills and never-say-die attitude.
In the end, it was Sharad who walked away with the honours as he held his nerve to emerge victorious 3-2.
Another Delhi veteran, Anuj Uppal registered a comfortable 3-1 win over Uttar Pradesh's Mohammad Shahzeb to advance to the second round while Delhi's Vijay Goel trounced statemate Jasmit Singh Amrit in straight frames.
In other matches of the day, Uttar Pradesh's Vipin Premi put paid to the hopes of Delhi's Amit Verma 3-0 and Punjab's Sahil Nayyar outplayed Madhya Pradesh's Priyank Jaiswal by an identical margin.
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First Published: Mar 13 2013 | 6:00 PM IST

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