Thursday, April 8, 2010

Ghei, Ashok, Shamim advance to the pre-quarters

Published Thu, Apr 08 10 08:54 PM

New Delhi, Apr 8 (PTI) Unheralded Mohd Islam of Patna upstaged Vijay Kumar but top contenders Gaurav Ghei and Ashok Kumar kept their title hopes alive by advancing to the pre-quarter finals of the SRF All India Professional Golf Matchplay Championship here today. Mohd Islam won six holes against Vijay Kumar''s five to pull off an upset win. In a clash involving two of the leading professionals from Chandigarh, fifth seed Harendra Gupta ended 2010 Rolex Ranking leader Sujjan Singh''s challenge with a 2 & 1 result. Gupta will now take on Vinod Kumar of the Delhi Golf Club, whose 5 & 4 win against Kanpur''s Shiv Prakash turned out to be the biggest margin of victory in round two. Among the top draws, Gaurav Ghei eased past Vikrant Chopra 4&3, Ashok Kumar defeated Ranjit Singh Rathore 3&2 while Shamim Khan beat Toran Bikram Shahi 2&1. In the closest match of the day, Randhir Singh Ghotra of Chandigarh triumphed over Lucknow''s Sanjay Kumar on the 22nd hole, while R Srinivas of Bangalore prevailed over Shaurya Singh on the 19th hole. In some other key encounters, Navtez Singh of Jamshedpur overcame Manav Jaini of the DGC with a 3 & 1 margin, while Rafick Ali Mollah of Kolkata defeated Amritinder Singh 4 & 3. PTI AY AT


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