Pune cueists enjoyed a successful and rewarding day with Gaurav Deshmukh and talented youngster Aarav Sancheti winning their concluding Group-L league matches and qualifying for the knockout round.
Deshmukh recorded his third successive win in the group defeating Mumbai’s Aakash Ramteke 3-0 (68-38, 96-78, and 58-32) in the best-of-5-frame ‘15-Red’ snooker round-robin match of the Malabar Hill Club State Ranking Snooker Tournament 2024, played at the MHC billiards hall on Sunday.
On the side table, Sancheti also produced a strong performance and outplayed Nagpur’s Anshul Tandekar posting a 3-0 (71(30)-24, 62-45, and 58-9) win. Deshmukh with three wins finished in pole position while Sancheti was placed second.
Mumbai’s seasoned cueist Cherag Ramakrishnan blanked Chetan Rajarwal of Marathwada 3-0 (60-51, 78-21, and 66-26) frame score win.
Meanwhile, Mumbai’s seasoned cueist Cherag Ramakrishnan showed glimpses of his past form and blanked Chetan Rajarwal of Marathwada marching to a 3-0 (60-51, 78-21, and 66-26) frame score win.
Putting up another solid performance, Zubair Sheikh of Nagpur easily defeated Mumbai’s Sunil Jain 3-1 (58-26, 59-51, 34-74, and 69(48)-14). Zubair and Cherag finished first and second in Group-K and advance to the knockout round.
Abhijeet Ranade from Pune was in top form and handed Abhishek Bajaj a 3-0 (75(44)-51, 62-36, and 71-29) defeat in a Group-I league match. Both, Ranade and Bajaj clinched the top two positions and progressed to the next phase of the tournament.
Results – 15-Red snooker round-robin league: Gaurav Deshmukh (Pune) beat Aakash Ramteke 3-0 (68-38, 96-78, 58-32);
Aarav Sancheti (Pune) beat Anshul Tandekar (Nagpur) 3-0 (71(30)-24, 62-45, 58-9);
Cherag Ramakrishnan beat Chetan Rajarwal (Marathwada) 3-0 (60-51, 78-21, 66-26);
Zubair Sheikh (Nagpur) beat Sunil Jain 3-1 (58-26, 59-51, 34-74, 69(48)-14);
Sumer Mago beat Rushabh Jain 3-0 (57-49, 76-32, 49-5);
Abhijeet Ranade (Pune) beat Abhishek Bajaj 3-0 (75(44)-51, 62-36, 71-29);
Rohit Rawat (Pune) beat Krishna Tohgaonkar (Thane) 3-2 (9-59, 60-52, 48-32, 39-63, 64-44);
Aditya Shandilya beat Anant Mehta 3-1 (83-17, 62-49, 54-61, 74-42).