Amee and Umadevi storm into women’s 15-Red snooker quarterfinals
The Hindu
Defending champ Amee Kamani of MP enters 15-Red snooker quarters. Karnataka trio of Umadevi, Pillai & Pandian also make it, along with TN duo of Ramachandran & Mohita. Khader & Uppal win men's snooker round-robin league.
Defending champion Amee Kamani of Madhya Pradesh entered the women’s 15-Red snooker quarterfinals, two days after regaining the women’s 6-Red snooker crown, in the 90th National billiards and snooker championships here on Tuesday.
Amee beat Snenthra Babu of Tamil Nadu 2-0 (65-12, 55-44) in the pre-quarterfinals, as she set her eyes on repeating the treble — 6-Red, 15-Red snooker, and billiards in the same year — a feat she achieved in 2017.
Meanwhile, the experienced Karnataka trio of R. Umadevi, Vidya Pillai, and last-year’s runner-up Keerthana Pandian also made it to the quarters as did the Tamil Nadu duo of Anupama Ramachandran and R.T. Mohita.
In the men’s snooker round-robin league, Abdul Khader (TN) edged out Shoaib Khan (RSPB), and Anuj Uppal (Delhi) beat Shahbhaz Adil Khan (PSPB).
The results (pre-quarterfinals): 15-Red snooker (women): R. Umadevi (Kar) bt Neena Praveen (TN) 2-0 (60-26, 36-33); Vidya Pillai (Kar) bt Pooja Galundia (Raj) 2-0 (60-28, 64-26); R.T. Mohita (TN) bt Ishika Shah (MP) 2-0 (61-4, 55-19); Keerthana Pandian (Kar) bt Jiya Sehgal (Pun) 2-0 (69-7, 66-16); Anupama Ramachandran (TN) bt Neeta Kothari (WB) 2-0 (83-6, 70-25); Amee Kamani (MP) bt Snenthra Babu (TN) 2-0 (65-12, 54-44); Suniti Damani (WB) bt Affefa Tabassum (TN) 2-1 (48-83, 68-34, 78-16); Arantxa Sanchis (Mah) received a bye.
No room for complacency till counting is completed, Chandrababu Naidu tells TDP-BJP-JSP contestants. The TDP-BJP-JSP alliance will register a comfortable victory in the general elections over the YSRCP, he says. Alleging that the YSRCP has conspired to create disturbances on the counting day, the TDP national president advises the chief counting agents and their teams to see to it that the officials adhere to norms related to counting.