Excelsior Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, Nov 6: Ace cueists including Sohail, Nikhil, Ishuk and Ishan cleared first round and entered the second round of the Senior Snooker District Championship, as part of the ongoing 23rd Jammu District Junior and Senior Billiards and Snooker Championship, being organized by J&K Billiards and Snooker Association at MA Stadium, here.
Earlier, in the first round matches, Assem Ghai defeated Satwik Gupta (3-0) by (63-14, 61-48, 65-42), Sheetal Gandotra outplayed Himanshu (3-0)by (61-46, 72-32, 50-39), Adnan Lone got walkover against Kanav Manwa, Vinay Bhandari beat Ishan Khajuria (3-1)by (47-32, 21-30, 54-34, 50-42), Sohail Khalid trounced Sourav Sharma (3-0) by (44-18, 50-24, 50-22), Abhi Gupta outclassed Saksham Gupta (3-0)by (56-44,63-33, 50-30), Abhishek Pathania drubbed Rohit Sodhi (3-0) by (60-31, 74-35, 51-15), Ishuk Chowdhary got better of Sanjay Sharma (3-2) by (13-53, 46-43, 28-55, 84-01, 64-45), Nikhil Verma beat Varun Gupta (3-1)by (52-44, 14-52, 46-38, 60-25), Ishan Chowdhary toppled Shubam Pabhakar (3-0)by (60-15, 56-31, 50-28)and Nikhil Kapahi outplayed Abhishek Goswami (3-2)BY (53-32, 25-41, 7-48, 49-41, 56-29).