Delhi cueist Varun Madan and Laxman Rawat of Railways entered the semi-finals of the First Akshay Gohad Six Red snooker championships here today.
In the quarter-finals, Rawat ousted Pushpender Singh of Delhi 5-2, while Madan scraped past Shahbaz Khan of Petroleum Sports Promotion Board 5-4 to make it to the last four of the tournament, jointly hosted by the PYC Hindu Gymkhana and Deccan Gymkhana here today.
Results (Quarter-finals):
Laxman Rawat (Rlys) bt Pushpender Singh (Delhi) 5-2 (16-30, 29-11, 57-07, 25-34, 34-02, 45-09, 41-16); Varun Madan (Delhi) bt Shahbaz Khan (PSPB) 5-4 (25-33, 06-40, 23-43, 41-15, 36-12, 44-05, 20-30, 34-21, 34-31).
Pre quarter-finals: Laxman Rawat bt Yogesh Sharma (Poona Club) 4-0 (34-00, 56-38, 16-00, 50-00, 37-00); Bharat Sisodiya (Bhopal) bt Abhijeet Ranade (Pune) 4-3 (41-08, 14-43, 42-23, 18-39, 44-30, 05-41, 37-18); Ketan Chawla (MP) bt Shivam Arora 4-3 (18-47, 38-25, 51-21, 00-72(72), 08-40, 48-13, 45-18); Gaurav Patange (Pune) bt Samar Khandelwal (Pune) 4-1 (38-35, 48-30, 52-12, 23-35, 49-24); Varun Madan bt Abhinav Edke (Mumbai) 4-0 (63-01, 45-13, 50-05, 47-01); Rahul Sachdev (Mumbai) bt Rovin D'souza (Mumbai) 4-0 (33-23, 45-05, 44-08, 61(61)-00); Pushpender Singh (Delhi) bt Akshay Kumar 4-2 (32-43, 51-26, 42-04, 05-39, 43-15, 35-22); Shahbaaz Khan (PSPB) bt Karan Mangat (Mumbai) 4-0(59-18, 47-15, 47-44, 42-04).
