Lucknow: The Manisha National Billiards and Snooker Championship started on Friday with defending champion Ishpreet Chadha of Maharashtra making it to the quarterfinals after getting a bye here.
The opening day of the event witnessed young boys rubbing shoulders against each other on the green baize in sub-junior billiards and snooker events.
Chadha was the first one to make it to the pre-quarters after getting a bye in the first round -- he had a walkover from Tridip Dekha of Assam in the second round.
Young Mandeep Singh hogged the limelight for the hosts as he outplayed Akshay Rehani of Delhi 114-91 to enter the pre-quarters.
Rohan Sahani from Madhya Pradesh had the biggest win in the second round as he defeated Harpreet Singh of Delhi 169-94 to book his place in the last 16.
PTI
First Published: Friday, February 14, 2014, 22:19
