The Hindu : Mannan Chandra shows his class

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Wednesday, Feb 12, 2003

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Mannan Chandra shows his class

HYDERABAD FEB. 11. Mannan Chandra of Bharat Petroleum showed his class against Wasim Ahmed in recording a fluent 88-16, 84-1, 87-21, 67-23 win in the snooker pre-quarterfinals of the National billiards and snooker selection tournament at Jubilee Hills International Centre here today.

Four top players from this event will join Pankaj Advani, Yasin Merchant, Dharmendra Lilly and Siddarth Parikh in the super eight league phase for selection for the Asian snooker championship.

Mannan in his maiden appearance at the Embassy World Championship had earlier recorded creditable wins over the likes of Gary Ponting and Jason Ferguson before bowing out to World No. 47 Dave Finbow. And, as if to prove that his wins there were no flash in the pan, Mannan potted with pin-point precision today.

However, the day's upset was recorded by Mukesh Rehani of Delhi who stunned Rupesh Shah with a 36-66, 81-65, 78-24, 0-112, 68-18 win in another pre-quarterfinal.

The results:

Snooker (pre-quarterfinals): Rishabh Thukral bt Someshwara Rao 80-18, 73-36, 59-39, 74-16; Ashok Shandilya bt Vishal Agarwal 117-9, 60-71, 55-40, 58-15, 77-0; Alok Kumar bt Kamal Chawla 54-61, 70-18, 29-70, 65-39, 41-63; 85-14, 66-20; Mannan Chandra bt Wasim Ahmed 88-16, 84-1, 87-21, 67-23; Rafath Habib bt Devendra Joshi 49-60, 66-9, 69-60, 64-48, 56-14; Varun Taneja bt Farooq Ebrahim 76-27, 28-60, 80-21, 76-1, 54-18; Antim Sanghi bt Brijesh Damani 56-12, 49-60, 89-25, 53-42; Mukesh Rehani bt Rupesh Shah 36-66, 81-65, 78-24, 0-112, 68-18, 24-59, 60-29. — Our Sports Reporter

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