9-Red Open Handicap Snooker Tournament 2017
Himanshu Jain fires top break of 64 to tame Bagri 3-0
14-Mar-2017
Himanshu Jain
Mumbai: Himanshu Jain made light of his low handicap of +3 and produced a terrific performance, which included an unfinished break of 64 en route to a commendable 3-0 victory against Anurag Bagri (+21 handciap) in a round of 32 match in the Matunga Gymkhana 9-Red Open Handicap Snooker Tournament 2017, which is sponsored and hosted by Matunga Gymkhana and played at the gymkhana’s billiards hall.
The Hyderabad-based cueist Jain started patiently and with the help of a couple of small runs managed to pocket the first two frames. That provided him the confidence to go for his shots and he exactly did that as he went on to compile an unfinished break of 64 to wrap up the match at 55-41, 55-27, 75-31. That break is now the highest in the competition so far after Siddharth Parikh had made a 48 in the previous round.
Meanwhile, the experienced Arun Agrawal and son Aditya Agrawal also progress to the pre-quarter-final round. The senior Agrawal (+18 handicap) defeated Abhimanyu Gandhi (+10 handicap) by a 3-1 margin with the scores at 55(24)-11, 67-60, 32-63(30), 53-28 in Agrawal’s favour.
The younger Agrawal (+14 handicap), came up with an impressive showing as he comfortably got past Bhushan Shahade (+32 handicap) in three straight frames for a 60-38, 65-30, 77(35)-30 victory.
Dhariya Bhandari (+10 handicap) also enjoyed a positive outing and romped to a 3-1 win against Abhinay Edke (+18 handicap) with the frame scores 58-26, 58(30)-63, 64(30)-51, 66-25.
Results – (round of 32): Arun Agrawal (+18) bt Abhimanyu Gandhi (+10) 3-1 (55(24)-11, 67-60, 32-63(30), 53-28); Amardeep Bharaj (+32) bt Chirag Kenia (+32) 3-1 (63-74(22), 77-57, 81-54, 77-63); Aditya Agrawal (+14) bt Bhushan Shahade (+32) 3-0 (60-38, 65-30, 77(35)-30); Himanshu Jain (+3) bt Anurag Bagri (+21) 3-0 (55-41, 55-27, 75(64)-31); Dhariya Bhandari (+10) bt Abhinay Edke (+18) 3-1 (58-26, 58(30)-63, 64(30)-51, 66-25).