National snooker: Sethi, Sitwala move into quarter-finals

Gujarat's Geet Sethi and ONGC's Dhruv Sitwala both enjoyed smooth sailing as they cruised into the quarter-final round of theMIG Cricket Club organised third Master's National Snooker Championship.

Sethi was in good nick as he played steadily and potted consistently to outshine Tami Nadu's S A Saleem by coasting to a quick 3-0 win in a round of 16 encounter.

The cue sports legend Sethi quickly settled down and easily won the opening frame.

Saleem managed to put up a fight in the next two frames, but that could not stop the maestro from cantering to a 61-06, 65-35 and 71-65 win and a place in the last eight.

Later in the day, the left-handed Sitwala did not take time to find his rhythm and also had a good run of the balls as he overcame the challenge from Maharashtra's Vishal Gehani winning in three well-contested frames 3-0 (69-42, 55-30 and 71-27).

Results Knockout (round-1): Dhruv Agarwal (WB) beat Mithil Shinde (MH) 3-0 (50-07, 65-53, 59-22); Vishal Gehani (MH) beat