Matunga Gym 6-Red snooker report:
Karan Mangat of Vashi staged a great recovery to put it across a spirited Aakash Rathod from Vasai by a tight 4-3 margin in an exciting best-of-7 frame second round match of the Matunga Gymkhana 6-Red Open Snooker Tournament 2018, sponsored and hosted by Matunga Gymkhana, under the auspices of BSAM and played at the gymkhana’s billiards hall.
Both Mangat and Rathod played confidently and went for their shots as they potted steadily to wrest the advantage. They shared the opening four frames before Rathod won a close fifth to go ahead 3-2 and within distance of a win. But, a determined Mangat persevered and did well to pocket the sixth frame to level the scores and then maintained the momentum as he went on to win the deciding seventh to snatch a commendable 46-38, 14-44, 10-39, 41-15, 32-33, 44-19 and 32-18 victory.
In contrast, Rahil Patel of Juhu Vile Parle Gymkhana produced a solid performance to storm to a facile 4-0 win against Parag Mankame of Vashi. Patel potted steadily and with not much of challenge from the vashi cueist Mankame he raced to a 53-13, 45-9, 55-1 and 40-1 success in quick time.
Avenish Shah of Cue Schooling, also enjoyed an easy outing as he tamed Kumail Sayyed of Vasai 4-1 (36-28, 25-44, 35-12, 32-5, 32-21) to advance to the third round.
Meanwhile, vastly experienced cueits, Nalin Patel of Matunga Gymkhana and Mahesh Jagdale of Elphinstone Cricket Club, bith recorded identical 4-1 victories in teh respective second round encounter. Nalin Patel defeated Jayesh Chaudhri of Thane 4-1 (39-23, 49-21, 12-44, 49-8, 32-4), while Jagdale sidelined Amar Bharaj of Goregoan Sports Club 4-1(42(31)-22, 32-28, 34-20, 37-47, 34-9).
Results – 2nd round: Vimal Mariwala (Radio Club) bt Briju Kanani (JVPG) 4-1 (51-28, 35-41, 28-9, 35-15, 42-21); Darshan Shah (Matunga Gym) bt Amar Arsiwala (Otters) 4-2 (32-41, 33-19, 6-26, 39(29)-1, 36-12, 47-20); Anurag Baagri (ECC) bt Vineet Jain (Charni Road) 4-2 (49-16, 28-39, 13-35, 44(22)-1, 45-9, 44(22)-7); Selven Samuel (Otters) bt Luv Boricha )ECC) 4-2 (39(21)-5, 32-25, 19-39, 43-28, 27-35, 40-21); Karan Mangat (Vashi) bt Aakash Rathod (Vasai) 4-3 (46-38, 14-44, 10-39, 41-15, 32-33, 44-19, 32-18); Nikhil Saigal (Khar Gym) bt Sagar Patne (Thane) 4-1 (43(39)-0, 23-37, 43-25, 45-0, 44-0); Avenish Shah (Cue Schooling) bt Kumail Sayyed (Vasai) 4-1 (36-28, 25-44, 35-12, 32-5, 32-21); Rahil Patel (JVPG) bt Parag Mankame (Vashi) 4-0 (53-13, 45-9, 55-1, 40-1); Nalin Patel (Matunga Gym) bt Jayesh Chaudhri (Thane) 4-1 (39-23, 49-21, 12-44, 49-8, 32-4); Jagdale (ECC) bt Amar Bharaj (GSC) 4-1(42(31)-22, 32-28, 34-20, 37-47, 34-9).