Kamal Chawla (-200 handicap) of Railways and Hasan Badami (-185 handicap) of Cricket Club of India made light of their high handicaps and quite comfortably won their respective second round matches.
Kamal Chawla of Railways (-200 handicap) defeated Dadar Club’s Luv Boricha (-60) by 200-162 points margin in a second round match of the Bombay Gymkhana Handicap Billiards Tournament.
The tall lanky Railway cueist Chawla with some steady play warmed up for the sterner test ahead as he sidelined Dadar Club’s Luv Boricha (-60) coasting to a fluent 200-162 points victory in the race-to-200 points second round match of the Bombay Gymkhana Handicap Billiards Tournament, and played at the Bombay Gymkhana billiards hall.
Badami was also in complete control against Murali A. Krishnan (-25) of Chembur Gymkhana. The CCI player grabbed every chance to make small but decent breaks as he went on to wipe out his handicap and then gradually seized the lead before closing out the match, winning by a 200-165 points margin.
Meanwhile, K. Vijay Kumar (-120) joined his Railways teammate Chawla in the third round. Kumar staved off a spirited challenge from Sanchit Gemavat (-60) of Mandpeshwar Civic Foundation and managed to snatch close 200-186 win in another second round clash.
In another second round encounter, Yash Rungta (-100) of KVSC continued with his fine winning run and breezed past Islam Gymkhana’s Juzer Master (-30) 200-137.
Results – Second round: Kamal Chawla (Railways, -200) beat Luv Boricha (Dadar Club, -60) 200-162;
Yash Rungta (KVSC, -100) beat Juzer Master (Islam Gym, -30) 200-137;
K. Vijay Kumar (Railways, -120) beat Sanchit Gemavat (MCF, -60) 200-186;
Hasan Badami (CCI, -185) beat Murali A. Krishnan (Chembur Gym, -25) 200-165;
First round: Ashish Raval (JVPG, Scr) beat Ameya Pagnis (Santacruz Gym, +15) 200-170;
Anurag Bagri (Elphinstone CC, -110) beat Kishore Laungani (Khar Gym, -70) 200-93;
Ankit Thakkar (Matunga Gym, -110) beat Baikrao Pacharne (CCI, -50) 200-188.
Manvir Sohal (JVPG, -70) beat Karan Gandhi (Garware, -40) 200- 104.