PUNE, Oct 23: Amarjit Ahluwalia (+28) will take on the young school student Moustapha Cassum (+84) in the finals of the London Pilsner annual snooker tournament organised by the RWITC.The finals are slated for tomorrow evening. Amarjit beat Deepak Sachde (+63) in straight frames 3-0 in the quarter-final, and later overcame Anil Kakade by four frames to three in a keenly fought match stretching to the last frame for a decider while, school lad Moustapha defeated experienced cueists Sherry Singh (scr) 3-1 frames and Ruzbeh Irani (+63) 4-0 in straight frames in the quarter-final and semi-final respectively.
Semi-Finals: Moustapha Cassum (+84) bt Ruzbeh Irani 126-124, 129-116, 126-105; A. Ahluwalia (+28) bt Anil Kakade (+18) (Quarter-Finals): A. Ahluwalia (+28) bt Deepak S (+63) 103-80, 100-88; Anil Kakade (+28) bt A K Mehra (+45) 39-99, 108-79, 84-81; Ruzbeh Irani (+63) bt M Poonawala (+28) 114-86, 98-100, 103-69, 124-76; Moustapha Cassum (+84) bt S N Singh (scr).
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