Chetan Rajarwal notched up two good wins on his way to the penultimate qualifying round of the “The Yasin Merchant Snooker Challenge-2022”, held in memory of their former umpteem times national snooker champion Shyam Shroff, at Khar Gymkhana here today.
Chetan got a fright against Kunal Solanki, a former state table tennis player, and lost the opening frame, but rallied to get the better of Kunal 50-71, 90-38, 63-9, 65-38. Later Chetan scored another tensely fought win against Anil Gupta in a tie of dwindling fortunes before he triumphed 66-38, 3-38, 55-1, 22-58, 69-23.
Harmehr Mago, after scoring a close 3-2 against fancied Sanjiv Shah earlier, had to wage another grim battle win before the Khar Gymkhana youngster got the better of Akhil Saiyad 53-73, 44-66, 49-16, 54-47, 49-40. Shubham Randhe lost the opening frame to favourite Karan Makwana , but was quick to fight back to wrap up the tie 3-2 (32-51, 61-33, 65-35, 12-51, 69-24.
Results : (QUALIFYING ROUND- 3): Shubham Randhe bt Karan Makwana 3-2 (32-51, 61-33, 65-35, 12-51, 69-24; Chetan Rajawal bt Anil Gupta 3-2 (66-38, 3-38, 55-1, 22-58, 69-23); Harmehr Mago bt Akhil Saiyad 53-73, 44-66, 49-16, 54-47, 49-40; Chintamani Jadhav bt D. Agrawal 3-1 (51-34, 20-51, 74-20, 65-34); Aakash Ramteke bt Rohal Sakalkar 3-0 (59-46, 56-35, 61-16); Sagar Kanjani bt Mehrzad Bhagnagar 3-1 (21-48, 62-33, 62-46, 68-16); Hrishikesh Ingle bt Santosh Mane 3-1 (6-37, 33-63, 49-9, 62-34); Vishul Desai bt IS Mallik 3-0 (52-31, 45-43, 69-34; Sagar Kanjani bt Aarav Sancheti 3-0 (63 (B43), 67-57, 54-12.
CLOCK FOR TODAY – SNOOKER – 11 a.m. onwards – Qualifying rounds; “The Yasin Merchant Challenge-2022: Khar Gymkhana.