Fancied cueists forge ahead
UNITED NEWS OF INDIA

BANGALORE, FEB 1: Reigning champion Farah khan, second seed Judith Walia, both from Karnataka, and other fancied cueists won their league matches to advance into the pre-quarterfinal knock-out round in the eighth Ladies National Snooker Championship here this evening.

Farah Khan, who was taken to the decider by Kamala C Babu of Tamil Nadu in the Group A last league match, will take on Aswini Puranik of Madhya Pradesh in the prequarters. Farah Khan won against Kamala 84-16, 35-42, 72-25.

Judith Walia, last year's runner-up, will clash with Sangita Hemchand of Maharashtra. In a repeat of last year, Anuja Thakur and Meenal Bairagi, both sisters, will be meeting each other in the pre-quarters.

Results: Group A: Farah Khan (Kar) bt Kamala C Babu (TN) 84-16 35-42 72-25; Asha Vaswani (Kar) bt Kamala C Babu 63-41 29-54 43-59; Farah Khan bt MVJ Fernandes (Kar) 57-24 73-23.

Group B: Jagruti Patel (Mah) bt Soumini Srinivas (TN) 35-45 67-18 45-22; Judith Walia (Kar) bt Renu Bharkatiya (MP) 43-2044-34.

Group C: Ashwini Puranik (MP) bt Sonal Mamoowala (Mah) 55-35 88-10; Varsha Mazumdar (Mah) bt Sadhana Patel (Kar) 47-8 60-11.

Group D: Ritu Srivastava (MP) bt Seema Desai (WB) 60-34 66-35; Neeta Sanghvi (Mah) bt Nilofar (TN) 53-20 46-09.

Group E: Pooja Galundia (Raj) bt Sangita Hemchand (Mah) 66-34 47-50 65-52; Sangita Hemchand bt Vidya Pillai (TN) 67-28 70-19; Pooja Galundia bt Indira Hegde 60-26 53-16.

Group F: Heena Khandelwal (Mah) w/o Amtira Mohapatra (Ori); Heena Khandelwal bt Aditi Puranik (MP) 55-45 42-25; M Chitra (Kar) w/o Amtira Mohapatra.

Group G: Anuja Thakur (Mah) bt Usha Khandelwal (Mah) 66-28 62-36; Usha Khandelwal bt B Lavanya (TN) 83-13 68-20; Anuja Thakur bt TV Sridevi (Kar) 76-23 42-21.

Group H: Meenal Bairagi (Mah) bt Cynthia Mukherjee (WB) 51-19 51-30; Meenal Bairagi bt Bhanumathi (Kar) 62-27 73-17.

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