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Winning start by Indian cueists

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IANS Al Fujairah (UAE)

Indian boys had successful outings in the IBSF World Under-21 Snooker Championship here with all three entries registering victories in their respective league matches.

Ashutosh Padhe beat Alex Pace (Australia) 4-3 after trailing 1-3 in his league match Saturday while Sahil Nayyar overcame A. Abdalhamid (Egypt) 4-2 with breaks of 57 and 60 and Dhwaj Haria blanked W. Almouakh (Syria) 4-0 aided by a break of 44.

In the girls section, however, Bangalorean Varsha Sanjeev squandered a 2-1 lead to go down 2-3 to Jessica Woods of Australia.

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First Published: May 11 2014 | 3:56 PM IST

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