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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