Playing in the juniors snooker event, Anuj first beat Siddarth in straight frames by 52-34 and 51-37 points and then in his second match, he beat Vivek Tiwari in a three frame keenly contested tie by 61-42, 29-56 and 60-35 points to qualify for the junior state circuit.

Joining him as the second qualifier was Nilesh Nagpal who had to draw out his best to get the better of Nishant Tiwari in three frames by 56-16, 58-72 and 51-20 points.

In the senior snooker event also, Anuj Mahajan showed his class when he beat Nikhil Kewlani in straight frames to move into the next round.

In other matches of the junior section, Nilesh Nagpal beat Ankur Shukla by 57-31, 22-51 and 67-35 points. Nishant Tiwari beat Arvind Mishra by 46-38, 50-66 and 53-34 points. Vivek Tiwari beat Anurag Bhaskar by 55-54 and 63-16 points.