Rawat, Jain in semis of SVS junior snooker

Chennai, May 17 (IANS) Delhi's Laxman Rawat ended qualifier Mundir Sherazi's dream run with a 4-3 decision to enter the semi-finals of the SVS All-India invitational junior snooker tournament here Thursday.

After the duo shared six frames, Rawat constructed a break of 44 in the seventh to clinch the issue and join Andhra's Himanshu Jain in the semi-finals. Himanshu defeated Rishit Jain from Delhi 4-1.

The results:

Quarter-finals: Laxman Rawat (DEL) bt Mundir Sherazi (KAR) 4-3; Himanshu Jain (AP) bt Rishit Jain (DEL) 4-1.

Pre-quarter-finals: Ishpreet Singh (MAH) bt Kabil Badami (MAH) 3-2; Himanshu Jain (AP) bt Germain Girish (KAR) 3-0; Rishit Jain (DEl) bt Nitesh Madan (DEL) 3-0; Laxman Rawat (DEL) bt Nikhil Pise (KAR) 3-0; Mundir Sherazi(KAR) bt Ashutosh Padhey (ODI) 3-0; Peter Paul (TN) bt E. Sundar Raj (TN) 3-0; Lalrina Renthlei (MIZ) bt M.L. Lakshman (KAR) 3-1; Malkeet Singh (UP) bt S. Shrikrishna (TN) 3-0.