Lucknow, Sep 24 (IANS) Delhi’s Varun Madan beat fancied Sourav Kothari (Petroleum Sports Promotion Board) 6-0 to set up a title clash with Maharashtra’s Rahul Sachdev who overcame Ketan Chawla of Madhya Pradesh 6-1 in the men’s semi-finals of the National 6-Red snooker championship here Tuesday.
The women’s final will be between Karnataka’s Vidya Pillai and Neena Praveen of Tamil Nadu both of whom scored similar 4-2 win over Amee Kamani (MP) and R. Umadevi (Karnataka), respectively.
The results:
Men – Semi-finals: Varun Madan(DEL) bt Sourav Kothari(PSPB) 6-0; Rahul Sachdev (MAH) bt Ketan Chawla(MP) 6-1.
5-6 Placing: Brijesh Damani(PSPB) bt Kamal Chawla (MP) 3-2.
7-8 Placing: J. Varun Kumar(TN) bt Aneesh Saini (HAR) 3-2.
Quarter-finals: Madan bt Varun Kumar 5-1; Kothari bt Damani5-4; Sachdev bt Kamal Chawla 5-3; Ketan Chawla bt Saini 5-4.
Women – Semi-finals: Neena Praveen(TN) bt R. Umadevi (KAR) 4-2; Vidya Pillai(KAR) bt Amee Kamani (MP) 4-2.
5-6 Placing: Judy Walia (KAR) bt Chitra Magimairaj (KAR) 2-0.
7-8 Placing: Keerath Bhandaal (DEL) bt Meenal Thakur(MAH) 2-1.
Quarter-finals: Praveen bt Walia3-1; Umadevi bt Bhandaal 3-1; Pillai bt Thakur 3-1; Kamani bt Magimairaj 3-1.