By IANS
New Delhi : India's No. 8 snooker player Kamal Chawla gave a scintillating performance of one-cushion canon play as he outsmarted Bhupender Berry 60-24 to enter pre-quarterfinals of the National Carombole Championship here Saturday.
Chawla now meets Dhruv Sitwala in the pre-quarterfinal match in the top half of the draw.
In another game, Sumit Talwar set up an intriguing match with Devendra Joshi after beating Thailand-based Bhupinder Singh 64-35.
Chawla, who had a first round bye, brought excitement to the dour proceedings so far with impressive breaks at the Billiardco Hall. He first captured a break of eight canons before going on to record the highest so far of nine canons, on the 37th visit.
With another break of five in the 51st visit, Chawla sped way past Berry.
Later in the day, Ami Lal chanced upon a life provided by Sandeep Singh and won 37-36. Singh was four points behind when he went to the table for his 60th and final visit. He scored four canons to even the scores, but missed an easy setting to allow Lal to score the crucial point.
The results (second round): Ami Lal bt Sandeep Singh 37-36, Kamal Chawla bt Bhupender Berry 60-24, Kamal Deep Singh bt Karan Manwani 72-39, Sumit Talwar bt Bhupinder Singh 64-35, Ajay Rehani bt Rishit Jain 40-33