Sethi warms up with easy win
June 20th, 2012 - 8:39 pm ICT by IANSBangalore, June 20 (IANS) Multiple former World billiards champion Geet Sethi knocked in breaks of 153, 261 and 105 as he beat Tapendra 150-0 in the super league of the ECA-Raman Nair handicap billiards tournament here Wednesday.
Sethi, with a handicap of -900, was in imperious form to beat Tapendra (-200) while another former World champion Pankaj Advani (-900) had breaks of 178 and 158 as he overcame Thomas Jacob (-250) 150-40 but later received a walk-over from Sanchit Sawhney.
Meanwhile, the 2012 women’s World champion R. Uma Devi (-300) overcame Sasha (-200) 150-0 in another league match.
The results:
Geet Sethi (-900) bt Tapendra (- 200) 150 - 0; Tapendra (-200) bt Aparajeet Mittal (- 200) 150 - 119; Uma Devi (- 300) w/o Nikhil Pise (-250); Pankaj Advani (- 900) w/o Sanchit Sawhney (- 250); Bharat Chugh (- 250) bt Sadrangani (- 350) 150 - 0; Vishal Madan (-500) bt Sachit (-300) 150 - 0; Uma Devi (-300) bt Sasha (-400) 150-0; Geet Sethi (-900) bt Aparajeet Mittal (-250) 150 - 0; Subramanian (-750) bt Sadrangani (-350) 150-40; Balachandra Bhaskar (-900) bt Bharat Chugh (-250) 150-0; Pankaj Advani (-900) bt Thomas Jacob (-250) 150-40.
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