The CCI Open Snooker Tournament 2018
Amin, Jhaveri record hard-fought victories
01-Feb-2018
Kavish Jhaveri
Mumbai, February 1: Rishabh Amin of Cricket Club of India and Kavish Jhaveri of P.J. Hindu Gymkhana, both came through their respective first round matches by scoring hard-fought 3-2 wins on the opening day of the Rs 12.25 lakh prize-money CCI Open Snooker Championship 2018.
A determined Amin beat back the challenge from Krishnam Vohra of Otters Club and managed to pull off 59-19, 45-49, 46-21, 35-62, 57-23 win, at the CCI’s Wilson Jones Billiards Room, on Thursday afternoon.
Later in the day, Jhaveri was engaged in a keen tussle with Rushabh Gohil of Elphinstone CC in the best-of-five frames contest before snatching a tight victory. After the two shared the opening four frames, Gohil started positively in the deciding frame and with a couple of small breaks enjoyed a marginal 39-17 lead but Khaveri with some clever play gradually turned things around and went on to clinch the frame in his favour to complete a 63-28, 15-64, 69-55, 4-56, 63-48 victory.
Sangeeta Hemchand, the only lady in the competition, went down fighting to B. Keshwa of Goregaon Club 2-3 in five closely fought frames in another first round encounter.
Meanwhile, Raj Shetye of Panvel had things totally under control and cruised past Parag Mankame of Thane in three frames, winning at 37-28, 66-46, 47-21. Pune cueist Amit Parashar also enjoyed an easy outing as he easily defeated Ajay Chugani of Radio Club 3-0 (55-45, 47-29, 61-29).
Results (1st round): B. Keshwa (Goregaon Club) bt Sangeeta Hemchand (CCI) 3-2 (41-21, 59-60, 24-53, 41-28, 51-26); Devesh Sharma (CCI) bt Sachin Bhoir (Thane) 3-1 (49-26, 45-3, 21-41, 61-20); Vilas Upsham (ECC) bt Junaid Ravani 3-0 (63-55, 51-37, 63-10); Raj Shetye (Panvel) bt Parag Mankame (Thane) 3-0 (37-28, 66-46, 47-21); Amit Parashar (Pune) bt Ajay Chugani (Radio Club) 3-0 (55-45, 47-29, 61-29); Asim Kadiwala bt Manish K. Dhanwani (Ulhasnagar) 3-0 (60-31, 67-30, 60-13); Rishabh Amin (CCI) bt Krishnam Vohra (Otters Club) 3-2 (59-19, 45-49, 46-21, 35-62, 57-23); Kavish Jhaveri (Hindu Gym) bt Rushabh Gohil (ECC) 3-2 (63-28, 15-64, 69-55, 4-56, 63-48); Anees Jumani (Radio Club) bt Kaizad Fitter (Bombay Gym) 3-1 (65-53, 56-21, 31-69, 69-14).