Devendra Joshi maintains clean slate

BANGALORE, February 17: National snooker champion Devendra Joshi is on a roll. And that too in billiards. The 31-year-old Bharat Petroleum officer, who had defeated National billiards champion Geet Sethi in the billiards section of the IFB-National billiards and snooker tournament here on Monday, maintained his unbeaten run by notching up impressive wins on Tuesday. Meanwhile, former world professional No 1 Geet Sethi recovered from his loss to Joshi and recorded two wins.

Results: Billiards: Ashok Shandilya bt B Bhaskar 150-45, 150-131, 150-69; Devendra Joshi bt Manoj Kothari 151-10, 151-107, 74-150, 150-101; Michael Ferreira bt Mukesh Rehani 151-44, 151-117, 150-50; Shyam Jagtiani bt Prem Prakash 61-150, 150-119, 150-146, 31-150, 150-93; Geet Sethi bt Arun Agarwal 42-151, 151-118, 151-64, 152-31; Nalin Patel bt Arvind Savur 150-65, 153-35, 150-105; Devendra Joshi bt B Bhaskar 150-27, 150-13, 150-135; Ashok Shandilya bt Manoj Kothari 15-10, 142-152, 154-121, 152-22; Geet Sethi bt Prem Prakash65-150, 150-127, 150-122, 150-12; Nalin Patel bt Arun Agarwal 150-83, 73-150, 150-117, 150-141; Mukesh Rehani bt Arvind Savur 129-150, 150-52, 150-127; B Bhaskar bt Shyam Jagtiani 91-150, 150-87, 88-150, 150-95, 150-48.

Snooker: Arvind Savur bt Manan Chandra 50-67, 68-37, 66-32, 35-64, 47-34, 64-25; Ashok Shandilya bt Dharmender Lilly 80-43, 21-56, 63-23, 96-14, 59-50; Manan Chandra bt Siddarth Anand 40-67, 64-50, 38-48, 75-9, 90-18, 84-4.