Sanjiv Shah began indifferently and was down 0-2 before he rallied with telling effect to get past Jay Patil 3-2 and move into the third qualifying round 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. Sanjiv triumphed 48-57, 40-68, 65-22, 55-41, 55-24.
In other ineresting ties, Vishal Gehani too was at his wits end as he trailed Sumit Sharma 0-2 before he overcame Sumit 3-2 (46-60, 49-66, 62-24, 56-13, 71-32). However, Avenish Shah perhaps treated his rival Manish Mordani lightly as he led 2-0 in no time, but the latter put up better display in the third frame,which he won before Avenish stopped him to advance with a 74-19, 54-14, 46-51, 65-35 win to join Sanjiv in the next round.
Results : (2nd Qualifying round): Sanjiv Shah bt Jay Patil 3-2 ( 48-57, 40-68, 65-22, 55-41, 55-24); Avenish Shah bt Manish Mordani 3-1 (74-19, 54-14, 46-51, 65-35); Vishal Gehani bt Sumit Sharma 3-2 (46-60, 49-66, 62-24, 56-13, 71-32); Sidharth S bt Kalpesh Mewada 3-0 (66-31, 62-39, 64-42; Vilas Upsham bt Raj Charri 3-1 (53-15, 29-57, 67-14, 72-62); Marzad Kalyaniwala bt Sumit Saldukar 3-1 (66- 26, 60-30, 21-66, 77-33).
CLOCK FOR TODAY –
SNOOKER – 11 a.m. onwards – Qualifying rounds; “The Yasin Merchant Challenge-2022: Khar Gymkhana