Kothari storms into quarter-finals

Sourav Kothari

Sourav Kothari beat Dhvaj Haria 6-1 in a pre-quarter-final match of the Rs 32 lakh NSCI Baulkline 4.0 All India snooker tournament at the NSCI Dome on Thursday.

Kothari, dropped the first frame but was in command throughout the match thereafter, winning 50-70, 54-34, 100-0, 103-12, 84-45, 75-52, 70-46.

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In another last-16 encounter, Digvijay Kadian outwitted S Shrikrishna 6-3. Kadian, 22, is among the brightest talents in the country currently, and after nudging out Kreish Gurbaxani in a Round-of-32 match, he went on to show his wherewithal by beating Shrikrishna 24-113, 65-60, 60-21, 64-49, 2-105, 73-21, 72-43, 50-66, 63-27.

In another pre-quarter-final match, Himanshu Jain breezed past Shoaib Khan 6-0. Jain never looked in trouble during his 81-21, 72-49, 61-46, 65-61, 59-17, 68-17 win.