The top two seeded pairs of Aditya Mehta and Dhvaj Haria and the Khar Gym duo of Yasin Merchant and Ishpreet Singh Chadha scored contrasting semi-final victories to book their place in the final of the Khar Gymkhana Snooker Shootout 2019, sponsored by Rustomjee Builders and played at Khar Gymkhana’s Yasin Merchant Snooker Room.
Aditya Mehta
In the first semi-final contest, Aditya (scratch handicap) and Dhvaj (scratch) put an end to the impressive run of the Park Club combo of Vishal Gehani (+20) and Ameya Sankhala (+30). The superior combination of Aditya and Dhvaj brooked little opposition from the Park Club pair and quickly raced to a 4-0 win in the best-of-7 frame match.
On the adjacent table, the home favourites of Yasin and Ishpreet encountered a bit of resistance from the mixed pairing of Faisal Khan (scratch) of Railways and Manu (scratch) of Delhi before pulling through by a 4-2 margin in the second semi-final.
Ishpreet Singh Chadha
Earlier in the last 8 round, Aditya and Dhvaj also enjoyed an easy outing as they tamed the team of Md. Hussain (+10) and Ketan Chawla (SCR) winning 4-0. It was easy going for Yasin and Ishpreet as they comfortably defeated the Ahmedabad team of Mohsin Achhava (+25) and Karmesh Patel (+15) 4-0.
In the other two quarter-final matches, the Park Club duo of Vishal Gehani (+20) and Ameya Sankhala (+30) got the better of the fancied pairing of Hasan Badami (Scratch) and Mukund Bharadiya (scratch) by a 4-2 frame scores. Railway cueist Faisal Khan (scratch) and Delhi player Manu Choudhari (scratch) overcame R. Girish (scratch) and Prabdeep Singh (+10) by a tight 4-3 scoreline.
Results – Quarter-finals: Aditya Mehta (SCR)/Dhvaj Haria beat Md. Hussain (+10)/Ketan Chawla (SCR) 4-0;
Vishal Gehani (+20)/Ameya Sankhala (+30) beat Hasan Badami (SCR)/Mukund Bharadiya (SCR) 4-2;
Faisal Khan (SCR)/Manu Choudhari (SCR) beat R. Girish (SCR)/Prabdeep Singh (+10) 4-3;
Yasin Merchant (SCR)/Ishpreet Singh Chadha (SCR) beat Mohsin Achhava (+25)/Karmesh Patel (+15) 4-0.
Semi-finals: Aditya Mehta (SCR)/Dhvaj Haria (SCR) beat Vishal Gehani (+20)/Ameya Sankhala (+30) 4-0;
Yasin Merchant (SCR)/Ishpreet Singh Chadha (SCR) beat Faisal Khan (SCR)/Manu Choudhari (SCR) 4-2.