Matunga Gym 6-Red snooker report:
Khushit Shah of Bhiwandi and Santosh Pawar of Khar Gymkhana smoothly sailed into the third round recording identical 4-1 wins in their respective second round, best-of-7 frames, matches 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.
The Bhiwandi cueist Shah started with a break of 25 in the first frame and then maintained the momentum to defeat Pramod Pol of Elphinstone CC 4-1 (59(25)-6, 36-24, 37-6, 14-32, 40-5). In another second round tie, Pawar with some steady performance tamed Ibrahim Sheikh of Madpeshwar Civic Federation 4-1 (36-23, 53-6, 34-3, 1-50, 47-36).
Meanwhile in first round encounters, seasoned cueist Shekhar Surve of Western Railway enjoyed a good run as he prevailed over Ankit Khokhani of Jolly Gymkhana coasting to a 4-1 (18-30, 34-32, 42(37)-0, 59-26, 26-14 victory.
In keenly contested matches, Vijay Lilava of Aquaria Club fought hard to get the better of Deepak Chaudhry 4-3 (29-15, 26-18, 2-31, 36-13, 32-43, 24-33, 33-14) and Jagdish Khade of Thane also faced a strong challenge from Priyanshu Jaiswal of Godrej Hillside Club before pulling through 4-3 (15-37, 52-16, 9-27, 14-36, 51-12, 43-7, 31-21).
Results – 2nd round: Khushit Shah (Bhiwandi) bt Pramod Pol (ECC) 4-1 (59(25)-6, 36-24, 37-6, 14-32, 40-5); Santosh Pawar (KG) bt Ibrahim Sheikh (MCF) 4-1 (36-23, 53-6, 34-3, 1-50, 47-36).
1st round: Shekhar Surve (W. Rly) bt Ankit Khokhani (Jolly Gym) 4-1 (18-30, 34-32, 42(37)-0, 59-26, 26-14); Prakash Hate (Aquaria Club) bt Akash Pakhare (Vikhroli) 4-2 (20-44, 38-16, 38-12, 34-17, 11-35, 31-15); Mitang Soni (Vashi) bt Sagar Jain (CRMI) 4-2 (26-34, 31-21, 33-19, 40-11, 11-57, 42-11); Vijay Lilava (Aquaria Club) bt Deepak Chaudhry 4-3 (29-15, 26-18, 2-31, 36-13, 32-43, 24-33, 33-14); Asim Kadiwala (Arabian Kings) bt Tehkum Alim (Rc) 4-0 (42-4, 65(33)-15, 37(24)-1, 38-19); Rakesh Trivedi (Garware) bt Nilesh Sangar (Otters) 4-2 (13-30, 46-6, 38-29, 22-32, 40-5, 35-16); Bhavesh Keshwa (Gsc) bt Puneet Thakkar4-0 (30-26, 47-10, 38-12, 43-14); Kunal Kapoor (NSCI) bt Kaustubh Phatak (MbPT Reynolds) 4-1 (19-55, 59-24, 30-18, 44(24)-8, 41-2); Sharad Sharma (Graware) bt Aayush Shah (Borivali) 4-1 (45-17, 9-25, 45-19, 38-15, 49-22); Jagdish Khade (Thane) bt Priyanshu Jaiswal (Godrej Hillside Club) 4-3 (15-37, 52-16, 9-27, 14-36, 51-12, 43-7, 31-21)