Joshi enters semi-finals
UNITED NEWS OF INDIA

BANGALORE, FEB 19: Unseeded Devendra Joshi of Maharashtra continued his superb run as he defeated last year's finalist and second seed Sarang Shroff to advance into the semi-finals of the Lachmandas Kalro 66th Senior & 24th Junior National Snooker Championship here tonight.

RESULTS

Seniors (quarters): Yasin Merchant (Mah) bt Rafat Habib (Rlys) 73-47 85-8 19-76 71-19 81-6 119-6; Devendra Joshi (Mah) bt Sarang Shroff (Mah) 78-59 71-46 38-60 48-36 13-69 66-10 38-67 77-2; Alok Kumar (Pun) bt Manan Chandra (Del) 20-48 27-84 37-60 70-5 62-23 66-39 39-52 74-30 63-55; Rupesh Shah (Guj) bt D Lilly (Pun) 25-85 71-41 0-85 65-26 14-59 105-1 59-20 45-59 74-64. PQF: Yasin Merchant (Mah) bt Omar Balsara (Mah) 26-57 70-11 60-16 73-62 74-2; Alok Kumar (Pun) bt Pankaj Advani (Kar) 65-10 63-37 63-31 78-72; Sarang Shroff (Mah) bt Siddarth Anand (Del) 70-47 78-34 36-75 73-17 68-33; Manan Chandra (Del) bt Antim Sanghi (Rlys) 26-59 67-4 56-34 54-35 17-49 22-61 57-36; Devendra Joshi (Mah) bt Ashok Shandilya (Rlys) 71-62 86-41 51-23 44-52 15-62 58-40; Rafat Habib (Rlys) bt A Haque (Ori) 72-65 40-61 70-34 89-23 91-24; D Lilly (Pun) bt Siddarth Rao (TN) 50-73 63-37 62-23 57-56 73-49; Rupesh Shah (Guj) bt BVS Murthy (Kar) 77-32 56-57 67-28 62-49 71-28.

Juniors: Jasvinder Singh (Raj) bt Dhruv Patel (Guj) 59-5 62-31 49-32; Mahesh Jagdale (Mah) bt Sohal Jairaj (Kar) 67-54 71-30 53-63 64-48; Pankaj Advani (Kar) bt Ritesh Shah (Mah) 77-22 58-23 28-72 71-46; Manan Chandra (Del) bt Kamal Chawla (MP) 43-34 31-47 71-26 85-14.

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