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In the round robin quarter-finals, Chopra topped Group ‘A’ after winning two of his three ties. Chopra first overcame Varun Madan of New Delhi 64-20, 57-30, 67-12 and later rallied to beat Manish Jain of Kolkata 2-57, 100-7, 63-27, 61-51 that included a break of 48 in the second frame.
Madan later made amends when he beat Nilesh Nagpal of Lucknow 3-0 to keep his hopes alive of making it to the last four.
Manish Jain also remained in contention for a last four berth following a thrilling 57-30, 46-53, 39-62, 83-1, 69-41 win over Nagpal that included a crucial break of 47 in the fourth frame that changed his fortunes.
Results (QF round robin): Group ‘A’: Vivek Chopra (Jalandhar) bt Varun Mandan (New Delhi) 64-20, 57-30, 67-12; Manish Jain (Kolkata) bt Nilesh Nagpal (Lucknow) 57-30, 46-53, 39-62, 83(47)-1, 69-41; Vivek Chopra bt Manish Jain 2-57, 100(48)-7, 63-27, 61-51; Varun Madan by Nilesh Nagpal 54-18, 54-17, 68-24; Group ‘B’: Hasan Badami (Islam Gym) bt Sidharth Sogani (Garware) 63(54)-23, 70-13, 57-22; Pushpender Singh (New Delhi) bt Abhimanyu Gandhi (Gujarat) 71(41)-8, 68(39)-55, 73-63.
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