Aditya Agrawal (+14 handicap) struck good form and convincing defeated Huzefa Cheni (+32 handicap) in three quick frames 3-0 in a third round match of the Matunga Gymkhana 9-Red Open Handicap Snooker Tournament 2017, which is sponsored and hosted by Matunga Gymkhana and played at the gymkhana’s billiards hall.
Aditya Agrawal in action during his third round match
Playing with a handicap of +14 Aditya instantly got into a rhythm and compiled two breaks of 24 and 20 to win the first frame. Aditya continued to call the shots and after pocketing the second to take a 2-0 lead he signed off with a neat run of 30 in the third to wrap up the match coasting to a 79-45, 63-47, 66-65 win.
Meanwhile, former two-time Asian snooker champion, Yasin Merchant (+3 handicap) did not have a easy outing but with his vast experience managed to carve out a 3-2 win against Sanjeev Bijlani (+29 handicap) in another third round match. Yasin trailing 1-2 showed his class and with some clever play went on to win the next two frame to clinch a 62-57, 27-62, 58-62, 71-57 and 65-53 victory and move to the fourth round.
However, current Junior National snooker champion Ahutosh Padhy made an early exit as he suffered a 0-3 defeat at the hands of Suraj Rathi also in a round three encounter. Rathi (+21 handicap) blanked Asutosh (+7 handicap by a comfortable 68(20)-49, 50(23)-40, 66-32 scoreline.
Results – (round 3): Yasin Merchant (+3) bt Sanjeev Bijlani (+29) 3-2 (62-57, 27-62, 58-62, 71-57, 65-53); Rohan Sakalkar (+18) bt Sumeet Ahuja (+32) 3-2 (34-72, 75-74, 77-56, 57-63, 76-70); Anish Khaveri (+32) bt Kunal Udhwani (+35) 3-1 (72-58, 74-57, 52-64, 82-53); Bhavesh Keshva (+32) bt Nimish Kulkarni (+18) 3-2 (70-57(23), 56-78, 54-78, 55-21, 70-32); Abhimanyu Gandhi (+10) bt Anees Jumani (+24) 3-1 (60-64, 60(21)-30, 67(23,26)-40, 71(35)-38); Arun Agrawal (+18) bt Vimal Mariwala (+29) 3-2 (30-63, 76-60, 75(32)-53, 72-51, 61(22)-56); Avinash Gaikwad (+35) bt Sagar Patne (+35) 3-2 (74-56, 71-78, 56-67, 65-54, 77-53); Aditya Agrawal (+14) bt Huzefa Cheni (+32) 3-0 (79(24,20)-45, 63-47, 66(30)-65); Bhushan Shahade (+32) bt Rahul Parekh (+35) 3-2 (76-63, 46-72, 66-61, 57-81, 79-53); Anurag Bagri (+21) bt Poras Shah (+24) 3-1 (38-60, 78-41, 74-43, 62-60); Tushar Pankhania (+32) bt Arantxa Sanchis (+21) 3-1 (84-22, 88-37, 66-69, 75-62); Suraj Rathi (+21) bt Asutosh Padhy (+7) 3-0 (68(20)-49, 50(23)-40, 66-32).