Formidable R. Umadevi of Karnataka [ Images ] was taken the distance by Mumbai's [ Images ] Anoo Kulkarni before romping to a 2-1 victory in an exciting Group 'B' match, in the seventh Bombay Gymkhana All India [ Images ] Ladies Open Snooker Tournament 2004, sponsored by CYGNUS, at the Bombay Gymkhana on Tuesday.

Umadevi scraped to a 57-13, 31-54, 57-19 win over her Bombay Gymkhana opponent to register her second win.

Defending champion Anuja Thakur of Mumbai enhanced her chances of making it to the quarter-finals by winning her third consecutive tie when she beat MP's Dr. Renu Bharkatiya 51-35, 67-17 in Group 'C'.

Results:

Monday late night: Group 'A': Kamla Chandra Babu (TN) bt Aditi Puranik (MP) 44-37, 56-53; Group 'B': Sonal Mamoowala (Mumbai) bt Anoo Kulkarni (Mumbai) 7-48, 63-23, 44-43. Group 'C': Anuja Thakur (Mumbai) bt Heena Khandelwal (Mumbai) 46-9, 29-53, 65-40; Group 'D': Sangeeta Hemchand (Mumbai) bt Ashwini Puranik (MP) 71-31, 65-23.

Today's results: Group 'A': Suniti Damani (Kolkata [ Images ]) bt Kamla Chandra Babu (TN) 51-22, 42-54, 61-46; Aditi Puranik (MP) w/o Gurjeet Nagee (Mumbai); Aditi Puranik (MP) bt Suniti Damani (Kolkata) 54-41, 56-22; Chitra Magimairaj (Karnataka) bt T.V. Sridevi [ Images ] (Karnataka) 47-30, 34-35, 59-33; Meenal Thakur (Mumbai) bt Ritu Shrivastava (MP) 65-21, 57-31.

Group 'B': Lavanya Baskaran (TN) bt Tusha Rastogi (Mumbai) 73-45, 29-51, 42-34; Mehzabeen Raza (AP) bt Mandeep Kaur (Karnataka) 41-24, 51-25; Pooja Galundia (Rajasthan [ Images ]) bt Sonal Mamoowala (Mumbai) 66-31, 54-37; R. Umadevi (Karnataka) bt Anoo Kulkarni (Mumbai) 57-13, 31-54, 57-19; Mehzabeen Raza bt Tusha Rastogi 53-45, 49-29.

Group 'C': Neeta Sanghvi (Mumbai) bt Dr. Renu Bharkatiya (MP) 57-10, 22-45, 41-27; Saranya Baskaran (TN) bt Mudra Shastry (MP) 54-16, 55-16; Anuja Thakur (Mumbai) bt Dr. Renu Bharkatiya (MP) 51-35, 67-17.

Group 'D': Vidya Pillai (TN) bt Radhika Dalwani (Mumbai) 58-11, 52-22; Shereen Bano (AP) bt Neha Sanghvi (Mumbai) 48-17, 45-19; Sangeeta Hemchand (Mumbai) bt Radhika Dalwani (Mumbai) 50-30, 58-35; Shereen Bano w/o Vaishali Dholakia (Mumbai); Bhanumati Mendon (Karnataka) bt Vaishali Dholakia 45-32, 41-52, 60-34.