Varun Kumar sends Anuj Uppal packing

Varun Kumar of MCC packed off Anuj Uppal of Delhi, beating him by four frames to two in the pre-quarterfinals of the Q-Lounge all-India Open Snooker Championship 2019 here Friday.

Varun went up by two frames to nil before the Delhi cueist pulled one back.

He took the fourth and Anuj mounted a brief comeback to claim the fifth.

The city player closed out the match, winning the sixth frame to set up a last eight clash against Girish of Railways.

National Junior No 2 Kreish Gurbuxani of Maharashtra put up a good fight against experienced Ashutosh Padhy of Odisha, before losing 2-4.

Top-seed Laxman Rawat of PSPB thrashed Hari Rajamani of TNBSA 4-0 to sail into the last eight.

Quarterfinals lineup: Laxman Rawat vs Ashutosh Padhy, Rafath Habib vs Pandurangaiah, Girish vs Varun Kumar, Dilip Kumar vs Yogesh Kumar.

Results: Pre-quarterfinals: Varun Kumar beat Anuj Uppal (Delhi) 4-2 (70-15, 60-25, 42-66, 65-17, 51-60, 71-54), Pandurangaiah (RSPB) beat Daksh Reddy (MCC) 4-2 (72-42, 60-45, 40-74, 20-74, 61-48, 46-41), Dilip Kumar (RSPB) beat Nikhil (Mumbai) 4-2 (96-33, 36-109, 38-62, 55-10, 77-48, 69-36), Laxman Rawat beat Hari Rajamani4-0 (61-26, 60-19, 87-0, 69-44).

Girish beat Vijay Nichani (Coimbatore) 4-2 (22-52, 34-80, 78-42, 62-8, 61-49,59-5), Ashutosh Padhy beat Kriesh Gurbaxani (Mumbai) 4-2 (28-99, 70-15, 77-0, 20-60, 74-32,62-23), Yogesh (Karnataka) beat Peter Paul (RSPB) 4-0 (78-49, 57-72, 77-18, 69-33).