Sachdev, Jain advance in junior national snooker

Pune, Jan 18 (IANS) Qualifiers Rahul Sachdev of Maharashtra and Rishit Jain of Delhi scored 3-1 wins to enter the second round of the junior snooker event in the Manisha Constructions National billiards and snooker championships here Wednesday.

Sachdev defeated Andhra's Ashutosh Madhuraj 67-57, 11-65, 48-10, 46-16, while Jain played a composed game to score a 52-39, 47-40, 41-73, 61-37 win over Madhya Pradesh's Anurag Giri.

The results:

Junior snooker (1st round): Dheeman Borah (Assam) bt Avanish Shah (MP) 3-1; Gurubachan Singh (WB) bt Ashish Nadda (Chd) 3-2; Sarfraz Uddin (WB) bt Sahil Sharma (Punj) 3-2; Rishit Jain (Del) bt Anurag Giri (MP) 3-1; Rahul Sachdev (Mah) bt Ashutosh Madhuraj (AP) 3-1; Chirag Arora (Ori) bt Bhanu Sharma (Raj) 3-1.

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