Bombay Gymkhana’s Abhishek Bajaj displayed tremendous fighting spirit as he recovered from the loss of the first two frame to defeat Vijay Mallha of Club Aquaria 3-2 in a Senior men’s snooker third round qualifying match of the BSAM organized Maharashtra State Junior Snooker and Senior Snooker & Billiards Selection (leg 1) Championship – 2019, played at the Bombay Gymkhana billiards room. Mallha grabbed the chances initially to pocket the first two frame. But, Bajaj showed great character as he snatched the next two frames by close margins to level the scores. Having gained in confidence Bajaj dominated the decider to carve out a 54-61, 48-66, 95-86, 48-36 and 61-22 victory.
Pune cueist Rajwardhan Joshi fired in a break of 57 in the second frame and went on to overcome Omkar Shinde of Chiplun 3-1 (49-7, 82-8, 38-67 and 67-40) in another third round encounter.
Cricket Club of India’s Shabaz Khan proved too good for Abhishk Bora of Pune and smoothly raced to a 3-0 (44-08, 58-26 and 73-31) win.
Results –
Third round: Avenish Shah (MCF) beat Tehkum Alim (Radio Club) 3-1 (62-27. 61-34, 31-54, 63-20);
kiran Chheda (Dombivali Gym) beat Arun Kumar (Thane) 3-1 (80-73, 59-37, 41-55. 65-43);
Adit Raja (JVPG) beat Rishabh Gohil (ECC) 3-0 (53-18, 56-27, 68-17);
Rajwardhan Joshi (Pune) beat Omkar Shinde (Chiplun) 3-1 (49-7, 82(57)-8, 38-67, 67-40);
Shabaz Khan (CCI) beat Abhishek Bora (Pune) 3-0 (44-08, 58-26. 73-31);
Abhishek Bajaj beat Vijay Mallha (Club Aquaria) 3-2 (54-61, 48-66, 95-86, 48-36, 61-22);
Second round: Abhishek Bora (Pune) beat Ameya Sankhala (Park Club) 3-2 (63-39, 34-60, 63-30, 49-62, 54-45);
First round: Jigish Choksi (NSCI) beat Vishal Yelve (MCA) 3-1 (09-53, 59-36. 53-43, 45-23);
Rahul Narang (NIA) beat Akshay Dalvi 3-2 (12-54, 41-72, 48-25, 51-36, 56-43);
Raj Khandwala (CCI) beat Pramod Ruke (Bombay Gym) 3-0 (67-28, 70-23, 68-51);