CCI Snooker: Ketan, Harmehr record wons, advance to 3rd round
Press Trust of India Mumbai Madhya Pradesh's Ketan Chawla and Harmehr Mago (19) of Khar Gymkhana produced fine performances and won their respective best-of-five frame second round matches by identical 3-0 margins in the Rs 12.25 lakh prize-money CCI All India Open Snooker Championship 2018 here today.
Ketan got into a groove in his game against Kartik Shah of P.J. Hindu Gymkhana. He showed excellent control and accuracy with his potting as he rolled in a composed break of 79 in the first frame and followed it up with a 54 run in the next. Showing consistency he managed another decent run of 44 in the third to quickly close out the match, coasting to a 99-0, 74-34, 68-1 victory.
Harmehr Mago was equally dominant in his match against Dhruv Singh of Telangana, and compiled a couple of good useful breaks to set up his win. He had a run of 38 in the first and finished with a break of 40 in winning the third, charging past the Telangana cueist to a deserving 63-26, 60-38, 71-15 win. He joined his younger brother Sumehr in the third round. Sumehr (13) had defeated Nikhil Ootam 3-2.
Mumbais Rahul Sachdev also registered an authoritative 3-0 win against Darshan Shah of Matunga Gymkhana.
Results second round: Nabil Lakdawala (TLGN) bt Tushar Pankhania (Bhyander) 3-1 (20-63, 49-39, 63-45, 58-18); Harmehr Mago (Khar Gym) bt Dhruv Singh (TLGN) 3-0 (63(38)-26, 60-38, 71(40)-15); Ketan Chawla (MP) bt Kartik Shah (PJHG) 3-0 (99(79)-0, 74(54)-34, 68(44)-1); Dhruv Sitwala (PSPB) bt Durlabh Sisodiya (KSBA) 3-1 (27-48, 39-25, 68-20, 8-34); Alexander Rego (Pune) bt Kushal Chandrashekhar (KSBA) 3-1 (57-24, 58-22, 69-72, 49-48); R. Girish (Rly) bt Ashish C. Shah (Baroda) 3-1 (58-31, 70-40, 21-61, 67-21);
Karan Mangat (Vashi) bt Mahadev Bhogle (JVPG) 3-2 (56-19, 66-20, 35-61, 32-47, 45-43; Taaha Khan (Pune) bt Saurabh Mehrotra (Radio Club) 3-0 (60-27, 59-24, 71(40)-2); Nitesh Madan (Rly) bt Akhil Saiyed (Vashi) 3-0 (79-32, 63(58)-0, 62(41)-12); Mukund Bharadia (CCI) bt Krishna Saraf (JVPG) 3-0 (62-1, 67-40, 47-4); B.L.Dheeraj (TLGN) bt Pankaj Vanjari (Ghatkopar) 3-1 (59-20, 71-58, 56-57, 56-20); Vignesh Thangamani (Panvel) w/o Avenish Shah (MCF); Rahul Sachdev (CS) bt Darshan Shah (MG) 3-0 (78-20, 64-26, 62-32); Piyush Khushwa (BSAA) bt Joseph Menezes (Otters Club) 3-2 (32-40, 87-15, 54-39, 40-75(47), 82-13).
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