Anuja Thakur scores third straight win

Formidable R. Umadevi of Karnataka was taken the distance by Mumbai's Anoo Kulkarni before romping to a 2-1 victory in an exciting Group 'B' match, in the seventh Bombay Gymkhana All India Ladies Open Snooker Tournament 2004, sponsored by CYGNUS, at the Bombay Gymkhana on Tuesday.

Umadevi scraped to a 57-13, 31-54, 57-19 win over her Bombay Gymkhana opponent to register her second win.

Defending champion Anuja Thakur of Mumbai enhanced her chances of making it to the quarter-finals by winning her third consecutive tie when she beat MP's Dr. Renu Bharkatiya 51-35, 67-17 in Group 'C'.

Results:

Monday late night: Group 'A': Kamla Chandra Babu (TN) bt Aditi Puranik (MP) 44-37, 56-53; Group 'B': Sonal Mamoowala (Mumbai) bt Anoo Kulkarni (Mumbai) 7-48, 63-23, 44-43. Group 'C': Anuja Thakur (Mumbai) bt Heena Khandelwal (Mumbai) 46-9, 29-53, 65-40; Group 'D': Sangeeta Hemchand (Mumbai) bt Ashwini Puranik (MP) 71-31, 65-23.

Today's results: Group 'A': Suniti Damani (Kolkata) bt Kamla Chandra Babu (TN) 51-22, 42-54, 61-46; Aditi Puranik (MP) w/o Gurjeet Nagee (Mumbai); Aditi Puranik (MP) bt Suniti Damani (Kolkata) 54-41, 56-22; Chitra Magimairaj (Karnataka) bt T.V. Sridevi (Karnataka) 47-30, 34-35, 59-33; Meenal Thakur (Mumbai) bt Ritu Shrivastava (MP) 65-21, 57-31.

Group 'B': Lavanya Baskaran (TN) bt Tusha Rastogi (Mumbai) 73-45, 29-51, 42-34; Mehzabeen Raza (AP) bt Mandeep Kaur (Karnataka) 41-24, 51-25; Pooja Galundia (Rajasthan) bt Sonal Mamoowala (Mumbai) 66-31, 54-37; R. Umadevi (Karnataka) bt Anoo Kulkarni (Mumbai) 57-13, 31-54, 57-19; Mehzabeen Raza bt Tusha Rastogi 53-45, 49-29.

Group 'C': Neeta Sanghvi (Mumbai) bt Dr. Renu Bharkatiya (MP) 57-10, 22-45, 41-27; Saranya Baskaran (TN) bt Mudra Shastry (MP) 54-16, 55-16; Anuja Thakur (Mumbai) bt Dr. Renu Bharkatiya (MP) 51-35, 67-17.

Group 'D': Vidya Pillai (TN) bt Radhika Dalwani (Mumbai) 58-11, 52-22; Shereen Bano (AP) bt Neha Sanghvi (Mumbai) 48-17, 45-19; Sangeeta Hemchand (Mumbai) bt Radhika Dalwani (Mumbai) 50-30, 58-35; Shereen Bano w/o Vaishali Dholakia (Mumbai); Bhanumati Mendon (Karnataka) bt Vaishali Dholakia 45-32, 41-52, 60-34.