Wins for Chitra, Umadevi in World Ladies Snooker C'ship

India's Chitra Magimairaj and Umadevi Nagaraj registered wins in the preliminary league of the Eden World Ladies Snooker Championships here.

The matches are played over two frames with one point awarded to the player scoring a 2-0 scoreline and half a point for a 1-1 result.

The points will be tabulated on completion of the league phase with top four players from each of the groups advancing to the pre-quarter-finals.

In her three matches so far, Magimairaj has recorded a 2-0 win against Alena Asmolova, 1-1 each with Emma Bonney and Laura Evans in matches played yesterday.

Umadevi shared two frames with Carmelita Yumoto and defeated Elizabeth Black 2-0 in the two matches she has played so far.