Kumar surprised at beating Advani

Alok Kumar admitted he was surprised at upsetting defending champion Pankaj Advani in the quarter-finals of the Senior National snooker championship yesterday

Alok Kumar admitted he was surprised at upsetting defending champion Pankaj Advani in the quarter-finals of the Senior National snooker championship yesterday.

Kumar, who beat Advanai in a marathon match 5-2, later said:u00a0
"I was mediocre. I didn't play well nor did Pankaj. In fact, I am surprised that I have reached the semi-finals."
Advani claimed nothing went right for him. "I was just not in the match today and played poor snooker, may be 30 per cent of what I could," he said.

Results: (Quarter-finals) Aditya Mehta (PSPB) bt Kamal Chawla (Rlys) 5-2; IH Manudev (Kar) bt Manan Chandra (PSPB) 5-3; Alok Kumar (PSPB) bt Pankaj Advani (PSPB) 5-2; Neeraj Kumar (Rlys) bt Rafath Habib (Rlys) 5-4.

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