Khar Gymkhana’s Sahil Kakad won both his Men’s Senior billiards and snooker first round matches of the Khar Gymkhana presents CR Realty-Western India Billiards and Snooker Championships 2024, played at the Khar Gymkhana billiards hall on Monday.
The 26-year-old Kakad played with solid determination and after losing the first frame fought back to overcome Shakir Qureshi of Mumbai 4-3 (24-66, 57-4, 59-35, 49-66, 55-24, 63-65, and 53-39) in an engrossing and tense snooker encounter.
Earlier, Kakad defeated Selven Samuel of Mumbai 337-238 in the Men’s Senior Billiards fist round match.
Another Khar Gymkhana product Sumer Mago also advanced to the second round. Mago produced a break of 69 in the sixth frame to overcome Pune’s Suraj Rathi 4-2 (5-71, 37-68, 81-1, 65-55, 52-26, 69-5);
Results: Senior Billiards – Round 1: Sahil Kakad (Mum) bt Selven Samuel (Mum) 337-238;
Senior Snooker – Round 1: Saqlain Mushtaque (WB) bt Dhvaj Haria (Guj) 4-3 (54-38, 66-27, 17-63, 35-66, 32-103(63), 63-55, 61-58);
Aditya Mehta (PSPB) bt Anant Mehta (Mum) 4-0 (62-34, 71(52)-13, 74-21, 84-27);
J. Varun Kumar (TN) bt Janak Masand (Mum) 4-0 (67-58, 53-27, 74(60)-15, 48-8);
S. Srikrishna (PSPB) bt Piyush Kushwaha (MP) 4-3 (21-67, 40-89(81), 46-79, 69-29, 56-15, 57-21, 55-31);
Sumer Mago (Mum) bt Suraj Rathi (Pune) 4-2 (5-71, 37-68, 81-1, 65-55, 52-26, 69(69)-5);
Sahil Kakad (Mum) bt Shakir Qureshi (Mum) 4-3 (24-66, 57-4, 59-35, 49-66, 55-24, 63-65, 53-39);