Tamil Nadu teenager S. Shrikrishna playing with a -400 points handicap showed great touch as he defeated Rovin D’Souza (-190) of Hindu Gymkhana by a comprehensive 200-129 points margin in Group-G match of the Chembur Gymkhana Handicap Billiards Tournament 2018, and played at the Chembur Gymkhana billiards hall.
Teenager S. Shrikrishna of Tamil Nadu comfortably defeated Rovin D’Souza of Hindu Gymkhana 200-129 in a Group-G match of the Chembur Gymkhana Handicap Billiards Tournament 2018
The 18-year-old Shrikrishna, who dominated the junior and sub-junior nationals making a clean sweep with four titles, winning the billiards and snookers events in both categories, was in complete control and comfortably covered his huge handicap before going on to cross the finish line. The Tamil Nadu cueist displayed a cool composure and was focused throughout as he hit a break of 113 and compiled a couple of notable efforts of 55, 98, 53, 50 and 61 to cruise to his second win in the group. He had earlier defeated Chandresh Shah (-150) of JVPG and is assured of progressing to the pre-quarter-finals.
Meanwhile in a battle between heavyweights, Nalin Patel (-450) of Bombay Gymkhana produced a steady performance to overcome Maharashtra No. 1 Vishal Madan (-350) of Chembur Gymkhana by a facile 200-114 points difference in a Group-F encounter. This was Patel’s third win and he topped the group ahead of second placed Pankaj Khatri and both qualify for the pre-quarter-finals.
Nalin Patel
Maharashtra No. 2 Rishabh Thakkkar (-350) of Otters Club had a mixed fortunes in Group-E. An uncharacteristic Thakkar suffered a shock defeat against Ankit Thakkar (-120) of Matunga Gymkhana losing 44-200. However, he regained his form and was in full flow as he constructed a solid effort of 198 and outclassed Carl Serrao (-190) of Dadar Club winning by a convincing 200-123 points victory.
Results – Round-robin league – Group-A: Dhvaj Haria (-500) beat Murali Krishnan (Chembur Gym, -40) 200-75; (109,99,98,79,49); Bakirao Pacharne (Bombay Gym, -90) beat Rishabh Kumar (Bombay Gym, -250) 200-98.
Group-C: Sunil Jain (ECC, -150) beat V. Subramanian (Matunga Gym, -350) 200-131.
Group-D: Hitesh Kotwani (Hindu Gym, -350) beat Sagar Madan (Chembur Gym, -40) 200-181.
Group-E: Ankit Thakkar (Matunga Gym, -120) beat Rishabh Thakkar (Otters Club, -350) 200-44;
Rishabh Thakkar (Otters Club, -350) beat Carl Serrao (Dadar Club, -190) 200-123.
198, 50
Group-F: Nalin Patel (-450) beat Vishal Madan (Chembur Gym, -350) 200-114.
Group-G: S. Shrikrishna (TN, -400) beat Rovin D’Souza (Hindu Gym, -190) 200-129
55, 98, 53, 50, 113, 61
Group-H: Arun Agrawal (Matunga Gym, -375) beat Aditya Agrawal (Hindu Gym, -375) 200-175.