Taaha Khan of Islam Gymkhana and Nikhil Saigal of Khar Gymkhana, both hit good form and enjoyed a good roll of the balls as they easily won their respective Senior men’s snooker second round qualifying matches of the BSAM organized Maharashtra State Junior Snooker and Senior Snooker & Billiards Selection (leg 1) Championship – 2019, played at the Bombay Gymkhana billiards room on Monday.
Girish Premanna defeated Aurangabad’s Omar Farooqui 3-1 in a first round match of the BSAM organized Maharashtra State Junior Snooker and Senior Snooker & Billiards Selection (leg 1) Championship.
The Islam Gym cueist Taaha did not encounter much resistance from NSCI’s Jigish Choksi and raced to 3-0 (62-22, 63-35 and 66-18) victory. Nikhil also potted steadily to overcome Darshan Raval, winning in straight frames at 3-0 (78-36, 71-35 and 86-49) to advance to the third round.
Earlier in a first round clash Bombay Gymkhana billiards marker Girish Premanna took optimum advantage of the home condition to knockout Aurangabad’s number one ranked player Omar Farooqui by recording a 3-1 (78-67, 27-38, 48-23 and 58-31) victory.
In an interesting and keenly contested first round match, Siddhesh Mulay of Chiplun fought hard to defeat Samay Wadhawan of NSCI by a 3-2 (59-67, 77-24, 66-34, 39-65 and 69-33) frame scores.
Results –
First round: Girish Premanna (Bombay Gym) beat Omar Farooqui (Aurangabad) 3-1 (78-67, 27-38, 48-23, 58-31);
Vishal Vaya (KVSC) beat Rohit Jadhav (Nashik) 3-0 (92-20, 67-20, 74-67);
Siddhesh Mulay (Chiplun) beat Samay Wadhawan (NSCI) 3-2 (59-67, 77-24, 66-34, 39-65, 69-33);
Second round: Nikhil Saigal (Khar Gym) beat Darshan Raval 3-0 (78-36, 71-35, 86-49);
Taaha Khan (Islam Gym) beat Jigish Choksi (NSCI) 3-0 (62-22, 63-35, 66-18);
Raj Khandwala (CCI) beat Vilas 3-1 (48-64, 60-23, 59-31, 58-23);
Jigar Shah (KVSC) beat Suraj Rathi (Otters) 3-1 (76-47, 44-68, 76-13, 48-41).