CCI Snooker: 12-year-old Shahyan Razmi advances to 2nd round

Mumbai youngster Shahyan Razmi of Radio Club went on to record a commendable 3-1 win against Yogesh Sharma of Pune in a best-of-five frame first round match of the Rs 12.25 lakh prize-money CCI All India Open Snooker Championship here today.

Shahyan (12), a Class VII student of St. Mary's School ,Mazgaon, played confidently to cut down to size his senior rival from Pune, a media release said.

Left-handed Shahyan won the first frame easily, but seemed to lose focus in the second, which Sharma won comfortably. However, Shahyan, quickly regained composure and went on to pocket the next two frames to complete a well-deserved 77-29, 9-68, 60-22, 61-51 victory and advance to the second round.
 

Sidhraj Shah of Cricket Club of India won against Punes Chintamani Jadhav 3-0 (59-39, 64-51, 48-10) in another first round contest.

Meanwhile, outstation cueists, Liyakat Ali Shaikh from Solapur and Siddhesh Mulay from Chiplun, enjoyed successful first round outings.

Shaikh posted a 3-0 (53-9, 78-23, 76-16) win against Jaydeep Soni of Gujarat, while Mulay defeated Sachit Jamgaonkar of Pune 3-0 (64-26, 61-35, 62-33).

Results 1st round: Ibrahim Sheikh (Borvali) bt Veer Singh Nagi (JVPG) 3-0 (56-28, 52-29, 53-28); Harmehr Mago (Khar Gym) bt Hitesh Kotwani (Hindu Gym) 3-1 (34-75, 54-30, 60-28, 59-35)

Shahyan Razmi (Radio Club) bt Yogesh Sharma (Pune) 3-1 (77-29, 9-68, 60-22, 61-51);, Viren Sharma (BSAA) bt Sumit Saldulkar 3-1 (45-42, 65-43, 37-65, 62-43); Puneet Thakkar bt Vishal Rajani (Pune) 3-2 (80-6, 72-35, 36-60, 55-58, 55-24); Rajwardhan Joshi bt Bharat Mandhan (Jalgoan) 3-0 (67-5, 56-45, 54-31); Sidhraj Shah (CCI) bt Chintamani Jadhav (Pune) 3-0 (59-39, 64-51, 48-10); Vaibhav Waingade (Kharghar) bt Abhishek Doshi (Parel) 3-2 (54-61, 16-58, 60-23, 79-32, 61-39); Kartikeye Sharma (Vashi) bt Sameer Gupta (CCI) 3-0 (54-19, 54-30, 66-23); Neel Vathlani (Malabar Hill Club) bt Merzi Screwala (Parsee Gym) 3-2 (25-59(51), 58-43, 48-68, 61-32, 35-11);

Liyakat Ali Shaikh (Solapur) bt Jaydeep Soni (Gujarat) 3-0 (53-9, 78-23, 76-16); Siddhesh Mulay (Chiplun) bt Sachit Jamgaonkar (Pune) 3-0 (64-26, 61-35, 62-33); Sagar Desai bt Shubham Bokade (Nagpur) 3-1 (66-61, 13-51(40), 64-51, 63-9).