Veteran cueists Rafath Habib, Alok Kumar, Joy Mehra and I H Manudev today qualified to represent India in the IBSF World Snooker Masters Championship to be held in Hurghada, Egypt from November 10-21.
All the four cueists were made to work hard in their respective quarter-finals encounters in the Masters selection camp.
Chennai-based Habib toiled to edge past Bhuvaneswaran 3-2, while Punjab cueist, Alok also got the better of B.V.S.Murthy by the same scoreline. Joy beat K.S.Naveen 3-2 and Manudev eased past Sharad Kumar 3-1.
Results:
Pre Quarter Finals: Rafath Habib beat Vijay Goel 3-0 (67-26, 69-07, 67-01), Bhuvaneswaran beat Nadeem Azeez 3-1 (22-57, 66-57, 69-14, 68-39), Alok Kumar beat Shakeel Ahmed 3-2 (30-79, 87-53, 54-45, 20-57, 84-01), B.V.S.Murthy beat Raj Mohan 3-1 (30-57, 55-01, 69-04, 75-22), K.S.Naveen beat R.B.Ganesh 3-2 (74-67, 67-71, 61-71, 63-35, 58-25), Joy Mehra beat Surendran 3-2 (70-79, 38-48, 55-43, 66-00, 56-13), Sharad Kumar beat V.Anand 3-2 (64-29, 53-34, 37-70, 57-73, 65-50), I.H.Manudev beat L.Nagaraj 3-1 (16-59, 83-01, 69-26, 79-13)
Quarter Final: Rafath Habib beat Bhuvaneswaran 3-2 (49-11, 86-23, 56-58, 58-69, 77-45), Alok Kumar beat B.V.S.Murthy 3-2 (56-33, 29-74, 01-56, 55-25, 92-16), Joy Mehra beat K.S.Naveen 3-2 (20-63, 59-46, 62-20, 72-28, 55-21), I.H.Manudev beat Sharad Kumar 3-1 (62-48, 51-01, 11-66, 56-16).
