Chandigarh's Talwar produced an hour of sublime quality to crush Delhi's Sethi 53-11 42-17 62-17 at the Megapool Snooker Academy in Dwarka.
Potting the ball all around the table with consummate ease, the 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games quarterfinalist was simply ununstoppable as he recorded one of his most emphatic victories in the domestic circuit.
However, there was disappointment in store for the Megapool Academy's Manmeet Bhatia as he went down 0-3 against Railways' Pushpinder Singh.
Punjab's No. 1 snooker player and a veteran on cue sport circle, Dharminder Lilly hardly broke a sweat against Delhi's Jaison Malhotra. Lilly put on display fine potting skills to win 3-0.
In an all Punjabi clash, Aysuh Kumar showed his class when he beat his compatriot Abhishek Vashisht in straight frames.
Gujarat's top-ranked snooker player, Abhimanyu Gandhi too won with relative ease against Madhya Pradesh's Bharat Sisodiya.
Dharminder Lilly (PB) beat Jaison Malhotra (DL): 3-0 (76-39, 56-07, 59-27).
Sumit Talwar (CH) beat Hitesh Sethi (DL): 3-0 (53-11, 42-17, 62-17).
Ayush Kumar (PB) beat Abhishek Vashisht (PB): 3-0 (78-13, 78-46, 65-25).
Abhimanyu Gandhi (GJ) beat Bharat Sisodiya (MP): 3-0 (57-16, 53-35, 66-42).
Pushpinder Singh (RLY) beat Manmeet Bhatia (DL): 3-0 (95-35, 60-50, 59-21).
