EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, July 27: Senior cueists, Vishal Abrol and Kuldeep Sharma among 12 more players today qualified for the second round of senior snooker event of the 20th State Billiards and Snooker Championships underway at Billiards Hall, MA Stadium, here.Both Vishal and Kuldeep had an easy sailing over their opponents winning in straight frames in the best of five games While Vishal defeated Deepu 3-0, Kuldeep trounced Vikram Sharma. Today's qualifiers for the second round of the competition included three cueists from Srinagar. They are Zahoor Ahmed, Fahad Handoo and Furqan Khan. The first, which have a few matches remaining, shall continue tomorrow. The Detailed Results: First Round: Rohit Sodi bt Ashish Raina 3-1 (41-62, 62-24, 67-26, 57-33); Yuvraj Singh bt Abhinav Sharma 3-2 (35-44, 37-47, 58-44, 58-28, 58-44); Zahoor Ahmed bt Amarjit Singh 3-2 (57-17, 44-65, 63-17, 35-59, 49-34); Ankush Dogra bt Dheeraj Goswami 3-0 (67-35, 47-23, 44-26); Kuldeep Sharma bt Vikram sharma 3-0 (52-35, 75-14, 60-29); Sidharth Bhatia bt Saurav Sharma 3-2 (22-51, 28-54, 56-50, 61-27, 59-56); Vishal Abrol bt Deepu 3-0 (80-15, 60-10, 80-69); Fahad Handoo bt Amardeep Singh 3-1 (38-52, 58-37, 80-57, 54-42); Furqan Khan bt Vijay Singh chib 3-0 (48-37, 56-21, 39-33); Varun Sharma bt Wasim Iqbal 3-1 (73-37, 52-50, 36-54, 73-14); Jarnail singh bt Tarun Goswami 3-0 (50-40, 56-16, 48-35); Deepak Sharma bt Sahil Bindra 3-1 (56-29, 69-28, 56-63, 85-05)
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