Former national champions Shyam Jagtiani and Siddharth Rao got off to winning starts in the round-robin phase of the inaugural Masters Snooker National Championship 2017 here today. Jagtiani of West Bengal blanked Bharath (Tamil Nadu) by three frames to nil, while Tamil Nadu's Rao rallied after losing the first frame to beat state-mate S K N Rajmohan 3-1. Results (round-robin): Chirag Ramakrishnan (Mah) bt Bharath (TN) 3-1 (43-64, 68-15, 71-24, 73-47); Bhuvaneswaran (TN) bt R S Krishnan (TN) 3-1 (44-53, 53-40, 72-36, 62-11); Joy Mehra (Punjab) bt Easwara Murthy (TN) 3-0 (63-34, 54-23, 56-31); Subramaniam (Mah) bt Mohamed Arshad (Kerala) 3-0 (48-30, 66-5, 65-18); N Srinivasan (TN) bt Nelson (TN) 3-0 (58-23, 58-31, 43-19). Shyam Jagtiani bt Bharath (TN) 3-0 (73-16, 57-19, 98-2); Nadeem Ahmed (TN) bt R S Krishnan (TN) 3-1 (62-33, 76-13, 59-60, 60-22). (This article has not been edited by DNA's editorial team and is auto-generated from an agency feed.)

Source: dna July 12, 2017 14:37 UTC