Tamil Nadu’s top seed S. Shrikrishna had a tough opening round but managed to scrape past Gujarat’s Het Patel winning in five frames, 3-2, in a first round match of the Bombay Gymkhana Youth Snooker Open 2019, organized under the aegis of the BSAM, and played at the Bombay Gymkhana billiards room.
S. Shrikrishna
The Chennai-based Shrikrishna, a former National junior billiards and snooker champion and current India’s junior No. 5, faced quite a strong challenge from the Gujarat cueist. Shrikrishna showed great composure with breaks of 48 (2nd frame) and 47 (5th) he quelled the spirited fight from Patel, before snatching a 61-80, 69-10, 101-45, 46-59 and 81-38 victory.
Earlier, Khar Gymkhana’s fancied trio of Ishpreet Singh Chaddha, Sparsh Pherwani and Kreishh Gurbaxani were all on a roll and set the billiards buzzing with top quality performances to comfortably come through their first round matches.
Kreish Gurbaxani
Kreishh, ranked India’s junior No.2 in snooker, produced an outstanding consistent performance as he compiled substantial breaks in all the three frames as he raced to 3-0 win against Rutuj Shah. Kreishh started with a composed 64 in the first and followed it up with a run of 33 and signed off with a superb effort of 70 in the third to complete an 84-1, 76-24 and 105-8.
Meanwhile, Ishpreet fired in a break of 77 in the second frame, the best so far in the competition, as he tamed Vivek Nepali 3-0 (72-2, 94-2 and 103-64). On the side table, Sparsh, Maharashtra state No. 1 ranked senior player, had little difficulty in defeating Bombay Gymkhana’s Harsh Sanghvi 3-0. After opening up a 2-0 lead, Sparsh rolled in a break of 64 to complete a 76-9, 70-19 and 93-0 win.
Results –
first round: S Shri Krishna beat Het Patel 3-2 (61-80, 69(48)-101-45, 46-59, 81(47)-38);
Sparsh Pherwani beat Harsh Sanghvi 3-0 (76-9, 70-19, 93(64)-0);
Kreishh Gurbaxani beat Rutuj Shah 3-0 (84(64)-1, 76(33)-24, 105(70)-8);
Ishpreet Singh Chaddha beat Vivek Nepali 3-0 (72-2, 94(77)-2, 103(31)-64).
Second round:
Taaha Khan beat Aadesh Kothari 3-0 (56-18, 47-44, 68-37);
Suraj Rathi beat Loukic Pathare 3-0 (64-16, 46-40, 69-46);
Harmehr Mago beat Shubhojit Roy 3-1 (49-27, 62-20, 35-44, 73(33)-16);
Vishwajeet Mohan beat Shubham Randhe 3-1 (52-44, 9-58(30), 56-32, 58-17);
Nikhil Saigal beat Suraj Karande 3-2 (64-14, 53-56, 48-13, 45-47, 75-46);
Adil Khan beat Chinmay Gawde 3-1 (44-34, 37-47, 54-47, 59-45);
Rayaan Razmi beat Krishan Vora 3-0 (60-15, 55-13, 70-35);
Shahyan Razmi beat Yash Babania 3-0 (53-8, 65-37, 76-46).