Maharashtra State champion Rishabh Thakkar (-375 handicap) of Otters Club finished on a high recording his third consecutive victory defeating Matunga Gymkhana’s Arun Agrawal (-425) by a 575-362 points margin in a Group-E round-robin league match of the Bombay Gymkhana Handicap Billiards Tournament 2018, at the Bombay Gymkhana billiards room on Saturday.
Rishabh Thakkar of Otters Club defeated Matunga Gymkhana’s Arun Agrawal in the Bombay Gymkhana Handicap Billiards Tournament 2018.
Thakkar, who had defeated upcoming talent Kreishh Gurbaxani in the BSAM State Selection event in Pune early last month, strung together breaks of 102, 95, 75 and 67 to canter to a satisfying win and top the group to advance to the pre-quarter-finals.
In another Group-E encounter, which was a low scoring affair, Railways Shekhar Surve (-130) overcame Mandpeshwar Civic Foundation’s Dharmesh Mistry (-100) 350-265 to register his second win and finish in second position. He joins Thakkar in the last 16 round.
Rohan Jambusaria of Mandpeshwar Civic Foundation overcame Raajeev Sharma of Malabar Hill Club in the Bombay Gymkhana Handicap Billiards Tournament.
Meanwhile, Rohan Jambusaria (-375) of Mandpeshwar Civic Foundation strolled past Raajeev Sharma (-175) of Malabar Hill Club, winning by a 575-249 margin in a Group-F match played late on Friday evening.
Later, Sharma (-175) put behind that setback and easily defeated Railways K. Venkatesh (-400) who found his handicap a bit too steep and was unable to put up a fight. Venkatesh just about managed to cover his handicap of 400 points as Sharma went to race to a 375-2 victory.
Jambusaria and Sharma both finished with two wins each, but the former with a better point average clinched the top spot in the group. Both have progressed to the knockout (last 16) phase of the tournament.
Results Round-robin league – Group-A: Results – round-robin league: Group-A: Siddharth Parikh (Rly, -525) beat Sparsh Pherwani (Khar Gym, -175) 725-239.
Kamal Chawla (Rly, -325) beat Sparsh Pherwani (Khar Gym, -175) 525-355.
Group-B: Dhruv Sitwala (Hindu Gym, -525) beat Ghulam Vahanvati (Bombay Gym, -20) 725-65.
Ghulam Vahanvati (Bombay Gym, -20) beat Murali Krishna (Rlys, -140) 220-260.
Group-C: Devendra Joshi (Hindu Gym, -475) beat Rayaan Razmi (ECC, -150) 675-347.
Group-D: Raj Khandwala (CCI, -140) beat Nalin Patel (Bombay Gym, -475) 340-176(475).
Vishal Madan (Chembur Gym, -375) beat Kreishh Gurbaxani (Khar Gym, -240) 575-210.
Group-E: Dharmesh Mistry (Mcf) – 100 Beat Arun Agrawal (Mg) -425 :: { 300 – 621 (77) }
Rishabh Thakkar (Otters, -375) beat Shekhar Surve (Rlys, -130) 575-275 .
Shekhar Surve (Rlys, -130) beat Dharmesh Mistry (MCF, -100) 350 -265.
Rishabh Thakkar (Otters, -375) beat Arun Agrawal (Matunga Gym, -425) 575-362.
Group-F: Rohan Jambusaria (MCF, -375) beat Raajeev Sharma (MHC, -175) 575-249.
Raajeev Sharma (MHC, -175) beat K. Venkatesh (Rlys, -400) 375-2(400).
Group-G: Sanjay Gamre (Bombay Gym, -115) beat Durga Prasad (Rlys, -400) 315-77(400).
Group-H: Hasan Badami (CCI, -185) beat Aditya Agrawal (ECC, -400) 385-60(400).