Qualifier Shayaan Razmi , who came through qualifying rounds with flying colours with an impressive break of 87 earlier, routed fancied Dhruv Patel 4-0 (66-65, 98-36, 88-46, 75-24) to move into the round of 48 of the main draw of the “The Yasin Merchant Snooker Challenge-2022” , hosted by Khar Gymkhana in memory of their umpteen times national champion Shyam Shroff, here today. However, another qualifier Rohan Kothare, who started with a bang, taking the opening frame 97-1 which left his rival Amee Kamani watching with awe, before the latter recovered to get the better of Rohan at 1-97, 69-37, 76-62, 7-58, 47-81, 77-23, 67-41.
One of the hot favourites Hasan Badani from Islam Gymkhana did not waste much of his time before packing off Pune’s Suraj Rathi 70-28, 72-4, 64-40, 56-16 to move into round of 32.
Results : (Round of 64): Ranveer Singh bt [Q] Chinamani Jadhav 4-0 (57-56, 74-20, 70-12, 78-20; [Q] Shayaan Razmi bt Dhruv Patel 4-0 (66-65, 98-36, 88-46, 75-24); Amee Kamani bt [Q] Rohan Kothare 4-3 (1-97, 69-37, 76-62, 7-58, 47-81, 77-23, 67-41); M.L.Laxman bt [Q] Vishal Gehani 4-0 (77-17, 63-57, 55-15, 64-34); [Q] Saad Sayyed bt Nikhil Saigal 4-1 (66-59, 84 [B35] -12, 34-58, 66-45, 69-25. (Round of 48): Hasan Badani bt Suraj Rathi 4-0 (70-28, 72-4, 64-40, 56-16).
CLOCK FOR TODAY – SNOOKER – 10 a.m. onwards – Main draw; Yasin Merchant Challenge 2022; Khar Gymkhana.