ECC 6-Red snooker report
Sumit Ahuja from Ulhasnagar showed tremendous fighting spirit as he came back from the brink of defeat to overcome Akhil Sayd of Vashi by a tight 4-3 margin in a best-of-7 frames second round match of the ECC All India Open 6-Red Snooker Tournament 2018, and played at the Elphinstone Cricket Club billiards room.
Sayed started with a flourish and quickly won the first three frames to race away tto a 3-0 lead. But, Ahuja not prepared to give up without putting up a fight clawed his way back and turned things around by pocketing the next four frames to snatch a deserving 16-46, 9-45, 18-27, 40-1, 36-18, 54-1 and 37-17 victory.
In another closely contested encounter, Nikhil Ghadge of Western Railway managed to overcome Sagar Desai by a 4-3 scoreline. Ghadge potted steadily and compiled a break of 47 in the fourth frame as he managed to pull off a 7-59, 41-38, 49-73, 47(47)-12, 35-26, 10-38 and 35-3 win to advance to the third round.
Results – Round 2: Anish Jhaveri (Hindu Gym) beat Naman Agarwal (Dadar Club) 4-3 (18-45, 36-11, 14-52, 21-20, 3-39, 41-2, 41-19); Sumit Ahuja (Ulhasnagar) beat Akhil Sayed (Vashi) 4-3 (16-46, 9-45, 18-27, 40-1, 36-18, 54-1 37-17); Nikhil Ghadge (WRSI) beat Sagar Desai 4-3 (7-59, 41-38, 49-73, 47(47)-12, 35-26, 10-38, 35-3); Cyrus Mistry (ECC) beat Mahadev Bhogle (JVPG) 4-1 (64-20, 2-41, 35-33, 39-22, 43-38).
Round 3: Sanjiv Shah (JVPG) beat Chandu Kansodaria (MCF) 4-0 (59-14, 35-24, 62-0, 39-28); Shahbaz Khan (CCI) beat Shailesh Rao (MG) 4-2 (8-35, 52-17, 45-25, 36-17, 24-33, 61-0); Nitesh Madan (BG) beat Farhad Tengra (ECC) 4-1 (27-20, 44-35, 18-39, 28-18, 54-24); Hasan Badami (CCI) beat Bapu Gaikwad (Chembur) 4-0 (50-19, 28-3, 35-22, 47-8).