Chennai: Tamilnadu No.2 in Billiards Bhuvaneswaran.D of ABC sailed into the third round of the Ajay Rastogi Memorial All India Open Snooker Championship in Chennai Thursday.

In the second round match, he defeated Nazeer of QBC by a 4-2 margin. Earlier, Rizwan (QBC) defeated Bommisetty Lakshmikanth (MUC) 4-2 in the first round.

Joining Rizwan in the second round was Ram Narayan (MUC) who defeated Karthik (Red 15). Rajan (TNBSA) and Manoj Dasarathan (TC) also defeated their respective opponents by 4-1 margin.

Result:

Round 1:

Ram Narayan (MUC) bt Karthik (Red 15) 4–2
Rizwan (QBC) bt Bommisetty Lakshmikanth (MUC) 4–2
Rajan (TNBSA) bt Naresh (SP) 4–1
Manoj Dasarathan (TC) bt Nelson (Snook City) 4–1.

Round 2:

Bhuvaneshwaran (ABC) bt Nazeer (QBC) 4–2