EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Aug 10: Fahad Handoo of Srinagar and Vidit Gawri among eight cueists have qualified for the pre-quarterfinals stages in the junior snooker event of 18th State Billiards and Snooker Championships underway at Billiards Hall, M A Stadium, here today. In the third round, Fahad trounced Varun Sharma in easy straight frames of 53-22, 78-16 while Vidit defeated his opponent, Vishal Gupta 69-36, 59-36. In other matches, Himanshu Phual, Rajat Khanna and Rahul Sharma faced tough contests while Miya Bashir, Vikram Singh and Umar Mushtaq had cake walk. Other detailed results: Third Round: Miya Bashir bt Vikas Gupta 51-11, 59-46; Vikram Singh bt Nitin Sharma 50-12, 45-33; Umar Mushtaq bt Aseem Ghai 51-27, 89-34; Rahul Sharma bt Madhav Sharma 68-23, 18-61, 64-35; Fahad Handoo bt Varun Sharma 53-22, 78-16; Himanshu Phaul bt Satyajeet Singh 55-22, 49-56, 55-18; Vidit Gowri bt Vishal Gupta 69-36, 59-36; Rajat Khanna bt Kanav Bali 55-57, 56-46, 97-53. Second Round: Rahul Baghat got walkover Aman Singh; Adnan Majid bt Akash Mahajan 65-19, 63-29; Vicky Sharma bt Gurvinder Singh 60-01, 72-30; Arjun Choudhary bt Ayush Sharma 58-18, 31-43, 67-41; Rahul Gupta bt Sunny Gondhi 63-32, 49-46.
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