P.J. Hindu Gymkhana cueists Anand Raghuvanshi and Hitesh Kotwani, both had things much their own way and breezed into the pre-quarter-final round of the Khar Gymkhana Open Handicap Snooker Tournament 2018, and played at the Khar Gymkhana billiards room.
Hindu Gymkhana player Hitesh Kotwani outshone Thane’s Pratik Thakkar in a fourth round match of the Khar Gymkhana Open Handicap Snooker Tournament
Raghuvanshi (+20 handicap) showed excellent touch and managed to edge past Elphinstone Cricket Club’s Aditya Agrawal (+20) in a fourth round match. Potting steadily Raghuvanshi did well to construct a break of 61 in the second frame as he raced to a 71-56, 86-46 and 78-50 win.
Kotwani (+30) produced quite a consistent performance to outshine Thane’s Pratik Thakkar (+40) in another fourth round encounter. Kotwani started impressively with two neat breaks of 34 and 31 in the first frame and then was in complete control and charged to a 115-47, 90-70 and 90-53 victory to march ahead.
In another round-4 tie, Otters Club player Abhimanyu Gandhi (+10) also had an easy outing as he easily defeated Dadar Club’s Ameya Sankhala (+45) 3-0 (89-47, 96-62, 99-67).
Meanwhile, billiards markers Mahadev Bhogle of JVPG and Ajinkya Yelve of NSCI registered contrasting wins to also progress to the last 16 round.
Mahadev Bhogle (+35) enjoyed a good roll of the balls and posted a facile 3-0 win against Chiplun’s Siddhesh Mulay (+45) with the frame scores reading 91-56, 118-53 and 106-87 in his favour.
In contrast, Yelve displayed solid fighting qualities to overcome CCI’s Shabaz Khan (+15) 3-2 (82-81, 90-97, 79(30)-87(32,31), 73-30, 79-30).
Fourth Round:
Anurag Bagri (Ecc, +30) beat Sankalp Mundhada (Thane, +45) 3-1 (97-91, 99-67, 79-98, 108-94);
Anand Raghuvanshi (Hindu Gym, +20) beat Aditya Agrawal (ECC, +20) 3-0 (71-56, 86(61)-46, 78-50);
Abhimanyu Gandhi (Otters, +10) beat Ameya Sankhala (Dadar, +45) 3-0 (89-47, 96-62, 99-67);
Hitesh Kotwani (Hindu Gym, +30) beat Pratik Thakkar (Thane, +40) 3-0 (115(34,31)-47, 90-70, 90-53);
Anant Mehta (NSCI, +45) beat Kartikeye Sharma (Vashi, +25) 3-2 (83-65, 80-106, 89-63, 64-91, 75-43);
Mayank Bhavsar (KVSC, +25) beat Darshan Shah (Jolly Gym, +40) 3-1 (72-108, 87-75, 84-58, 100-61);
Pankaj Basantani (Ulhasnagar, +40) beat Cherag Ramakrishnan (CCI, +20) 3-2 (98-50, 64-98, 78-27, 68-89, 100-59);
Mahadev Bhogle (JVPG, +35) beat Siddhesh Mulay (Chiplun, +45) 3-0 (91-56, 118(55)-53, 106-87);
Chandresh Shah (JVPG, +40) beat Faisal Khan (Khar Gym, SCR) 3-1 (74-84, 79-75, 82-47, 81-26);
Manan Shah (MHC, +45) beat Kalpesh Mewada (Santacruz Gym, +35) 3-2 (110-66, 104-45, 76-102, 71-96, 106-68);
Ajinkya Yelve (NSCI, +30) beat Shabaz Khan (CCI, +15) 3-2 (82-81, 90-97, 79(30)-87(32,31), 73-30, 79-30);
John Vasava (Gujarat, +45) beat Dhruv Sitwala (Hindu Gym) 3-2 (106(46)-54, 81-91, 96-88, 100-106, 98-62);
Nikhil Saigal (Khar Gym, +20) beat Vishal Rajani (Pune, +45) 3-1 (96-68, 75-95, 99-85, 89(53)-87);
Aditya Bhalla (Delhi, +35) beat Sahil Kakad (Khar Gym, +45) 3-0 (100(33)-53, 94-55, 92-80);
Mohammad Hussain Khan (Western Railway, +25) beat Ishpreet Singh Chadha (Khar Gym, SCR) 3-2 (59-68, 98-11, 59-70, 91(48)-55, 75-17).