Harmehr Mago rallied magnificently to knock out fancied Sanjiv Shah 3-2 as he inched closer to the main draw 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. The youngster from Khar Gymkhana , a former state junior champion, took time to make his presence felt after trailing 0-2 to turn the tables on Sanjiv 47-71, 33-58, 67-43, 66-40, 60-49.
Sharing the day’s honour with Harmehr was another local boy 11-year-old Aarav Sancheti, coached by Shivam Arora, who put out Bhavesh Sharma 3-1. Though he appeared quite confident right from the word go as he led 2-0, he did lose the third frame before he outplayed his senior rival to emerge a 43-33, 53-41, 7-52, 61-35 winner.
Results : (QUALIFYING ROUND- BOTTOM HALF): Harmehr Mago bt Sanjiv Shah 3-2 (47-71, 33-58, 67-43, 66-40, 60-49); Maaz Chakkiwala bt Dipesh Jain 3-1 (67-14, 70-29, 42-62, 60-33); Sumit Ahuja bt Sanket Mutha 3-2 (21-57, 61-59, 74-9, 43-52, 75-32) ; Aarav Sancheti bt Bhavesh Sharma 3-1 (43-33, 53-41, 7-52, 61-35).
Subham Randhe bt Simranjeet Singh 3-1 (69-11, 52-71, 72-30, 54-45); Sukeel Venkatramani bt Subham Karare 3-1 (32-58, 57-39, 61-52, 62-56); Karan Makeana bt Ravi Jai Singh 3-0 (58-26, 53-48, 51-30; Akhil Saiyed bt Dhairya Gurwani 3-0 (58-17, 47-21, 55-51); Vishal Gehani bt Poras Shah 3-1 (63-18, 66-36, 32-67 (B52); Shubham Karare bt Rutuj Shah 3-0 (63-20, 50-8, 60-44).
CLOCK FOR TODAY – SNOOKER – 11 a.m. onwards – Qualifying rounds; “The Yasin Merchant Challenge-2022: Khar Gymkhana.