Swaminathan Bagri make main draw of Western India Billiards and Snooker C’ship

Mumbai, Aug 7, (PTI) Vinay Swaminathan and Anurag Bagri won their respective third-round matches in senior snooker to qualify for the main draw of the Western India Billiards and Snooker Championships.
    Swaminathan potted steadily defeated Railways’ Aditya Agrawal 4-0 (67-31, 47-16, 60-53, and 45-7), while Bagri got the better of Mahabaleshwar's Pankaj Kadam 4-0 (65-15, 58-41, 53-42, and 56-44).
    In second round, Gujarat’s Parth Shah played well to defeat Mumbai’s Nikhil Bhansali 4-2 (62-52, 59-14, 72-65, 52-65, 32-53, and 62-11).
    Andhra Pradesh’s Sagar Jain beat Rajasthan’s Rajat Manker 4-1 (66-31, 78-23, 73-7, 38-42, and 64-9) to progress to the third round.
    Results:
    Round 3: Vinay Swaminathan bt Aditya Agrawal 4-0 (67-31, 47-16, 60-53, 45-7); Anurag Bagri bt Pankaj Kadam 4-0 (65-15, 58-41, 53-42, 56-44).
    Round 2: Devendra Joshi (BPCL) bt Ishan Nagar (MAH) 4-1 (52-59, 67-7, 60-1, 65-17, 54-40); Parth Shah (GUJ) bt Nikhil Bhansali (MAH) 4-2 (62-52, 59-14, 72-65, 52-65, 32-53, 62-11); Sagar Jain (AP) bt Rajat Manker (RAJ) 4-1 (66-31, 78-23, 73-7, 38-42, 64-9).

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