Matunga Gymkhana 6-Red Open Handicap Snooker Tournament.
10-yr-old Shahyan Razmi rallies
Ten-year-old Shahyan Razmi of Radio Club rallied to a thrilling 4-3 win to enter the second round, in the Matunga Gymkhana 6-Red Snooker Tournament on Sunday.
St. Mary’s ICSE lad Razmi, the competition’s youngest cueist, recovered from a 2-3 deficit, after leading 2-1, to snatch an exciting 69-43, 38-53, 47-33, 38-42, 37-44, 51-39, 51-38 win over Akshay Waikar in the most absorbing contest of the day.
After dropping the nail-biting fifth frame where Waikar potted back-to-back blacks for a black-ball tie win, Razmi initiated a late burst in the next two frames with impressive potting and safety play. “I was happy with my game. I think the balls rolled in my favour at the end,” explained Razmi.
Razmi’s effort overshadowed Sagar Jain’s impressive back-to-back wins that led the young North Indian Association cueist into the fourth round following wins over Naresh Sadarangani of Matunga Gymkhana and Nihar Chavan of MIG, respectively.
Results:
3rd Rd: Sagar Jain bt Nihar Chavan 68-24, 50-35, 65-17, 58-49.
2nd Rd: Akhil Sayed bt Manjit Singh Bhomar 48-36, 42-59, 56-46, 48-17, 39-51, 69-29; Sagar Jain bt Naresh Sadarangani 54-17, 37-56, 46-44, 29-42, 51-22, 52-29; Devesh Gangwani bt Shailesh Rao 55-17, 54-22, 27-51, 54-30, 61-16; Nihar Chavan bt Pramod Pol 56-48, 46-39, 38-50, 37-56, 51-42, 31-59, 61-34.
1st Rd: Ajit Kobnak bt Vivek Shah 54-60, 64-44, 52-40, 61-26, 65-32; Devesh Gangwani bt Mithil Shinde 44-35, 54-51, 34-42, 35-45, 24-62, 47-43, 64-24; Shahyan Razmi bt Akshay Waikar 69-43, 38-53, 47-33, 38-42, 37-44, 51-39, 51-38; Manjit Singh Bhomar bt Nairesh Gosalia 56-36, 49-39, 23-44, 38-47, 45-34, 44-34; Abhishek Doshi bt Ajay Devaze 60-16, 56-20, 51-19, 55-16; Adil Khan bt Rayaan Razmi 48-57, 29-47, 49-41, 56-39, 52-49, 56-25; Kewal Mahadeshwar bt Vicky Thakkar 50-16, 45-24, 54-40, 57-20; Mustafa Khozem bt Kunal Agashe 51-30, 57-30, 47-20, 45-37.