EARTH NEWS SERVICE Jammu, Dec 07|15: Sourav Dogra, Abhimanyu Arora and Varun Kashif among 15 cueists today advanced in the next round of the senior snooker event in the ongoing 23rd State Billiards and Snooker Championship, organised by J&K Billiards and Snooker Association, at Billiards Hall, MA Stadium, here. Among these winners, Inderpal Singh, Akshay Kumar and Sharan Singh had tough time against their opponents and could win it in the deciders only thereby make it 3-2. The Detailed Results: Sharan Singh bt Ankit Gupta 3-2 (57-51, 53-38, 14-77, 35-33, 52-17); Faisal Ali bt Furkan Wani 3-1 (60-39, 54-49, 19-26, 47-15); Akshay Kumar bt Jaswinder Singh 3-2 (25-56, 56-30, 52-22, 54-25, 51-47); Sharan Singh bt Mannat Dhingra 3-0 (57-33, 50-22, 59-30); Nikhil Kapahi bt Ankush Sharma 3-0 (73-29, 56- 32, 55-09); Sahil Singh bt Deepu 3-0 (47-30, 70-50, 56-44); Abhishek Pathania bt Adnan Lone 3-1 (52- 26, 60-03, 87-09, 74-12); Shakti Nayyar bt Maridual Jamwal 3-0 (45-43, 56-24, 57-23); Abhi Gupta bt Umar Sheikh 3-1 (76-22, 24-54, 67-19, 67-20); Sourab Dogra bt Ishan Khajuria 3-1 (45-32, 45-36, 65-80, 70-08); Kashif Ahmed bt Aasim Rashid 3-0 (53-23, 68-37, 34-28); Abid bt Vikram 3-0 (59-19, 50-19, 64-39); Abhimanyu Arora bt Maanas Gupta 3-1 (68-54, 48- 24, 52-63, 63-25); Varun Gupta bt Mohit Mahajan 3-1 (22-58, 49-39, 51-48, 65-36); Inderpal Singh bt Piyush Raina 3-2 (55-79, 27-50, 45- 24, 43-29, 47-37).
