Shrikrishna starts with easy win in 6-Red Snooker nationals

Tamil Nadu lad S Shrikrishna, the junior national champion, began his campaign in the qualifying rounds of the Phoenix Serene Spaces 7th National 6-Red snooker tournament here today with a 4-1 win over Shailender Dangwal.

The local lad bounced back strongly after losing the first frame and registered a scintillating break of 69 in the fourth to stamp his authority.

He won 25-34, 32-10, 53-0, 69 (69)-0, 50-11.

The top-seed in the group, Shahbaz Khan of PSPB also made a break of 69 in the last frame of his match against Ramakanth to clinch it 4-1.

Former Asian billiards champion Dhruv Sitwala of PSPB also defeated his opponent Johny Feroz 4-1 to progress to the next round.
 

There were wins for Tamil Nadu players G Prabhu and Vadivel, who blanked their respective opponents by four frames to nil,showcasing a mix of impressive potting and safety play.

In another match, Mohammed Shoaib Khan beat local favourite S A Saleem.

All the top players in the qualifying rounds like senior national snooker runner-up Pandurangaiah, Siddharth Parikh, Alok Kumar, Rupesh Shah, Bharath Sisodiya, Abhimanyu Gandhi, Divya Sharma, local favourites Shrikrishna and current 6-Red state champion J Varunkumar will seen in action tomorrow.

Results (qualifying rounds): Shahbaaz Adil Khan bt S Ramakanth 4-1 (55-0, 66-8, 20-38, 29-2, 69 (69)-0); Dilipkumar bt Prem Kumar 4-0 (18-33, 21-52, 15-40, 0-38); Hasan Badami bt K Rajan 4-0 (27-31, 25-42, 10-44, 12-42); S Shrikrishna bt Shailendra Dangwal 4-1 (25-34, 32-10, 53-0, 69 (69)-0, 50-11).

Daksh Reddy bt P Gangadhar 4-1 (7-41, 7-40, 41-4, 0-41, 17-32); Dhruv Sitwala bt Johny Feroz 4-1 (24-39, 27-20, 0-62, 23-60, 17-42); Himanshu Jain bt Suffiyan Ahmed 4-2 (65-1, 39-4, 38-16, 20-22, 20-48, 63 (63)-4); Kaavya Bharath bt Ananth Acharyulu 4-1 (54-66, 33-30, 48-19, 46-10, 32-13).

G Prabhu bt Gary Kajla 4-0 (35-1, 59-12, 26-1, 18-0); Digvijay Kadian bt Siddarth Raj 4-2 (37-12, 42-25, 15-42, 42-20, 16-28, 50-1); Vadivel bt Abhishek Pathania 4-0 (28-26, 44-36, 32-19, 41-21).