Coimbatore player Prem Prakash and Peter Paul of SRSA today ensured their berths in the knockout phase of the R Murugesh & Chintamani Memorial all-India Open snooker tournament 2017 underway in Erode.
Prem Prakash posted a 3-0 win over Suresh of Erode, his third straight victory, and topped Group "F".
Paul blanked Baskaran (TNBSA) and Kumar (Erode) to secure a place in the 48-player knockout round.
In Group "O", Saran Raj of Coimbatore won two matches while Kerala cueist Anoop beat Srinivasan 3-1 but lost his two other games 0-3.
The tournament is being organised by Erode District Billiards and Snooker Association.
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