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Saumil Karkera

Saumil Karkera of Garware Club House mixed caution with aggression and with steady pots cruised to a 4-0 win against Abdur Rehman of Islam Gymkhana in best-of-7 frames second round match of the ECC All India Open 6-Red Snooker Tournament 2018, scheduled to be played at the Elphinstone Cricket Club billiards room. The Garware Club cueist Karkera was in complete control and raced to 43-36, 37-2, 32-12 and 34-22 victory.

Meanwhile home contenders, Farhad Tengra and Mahesh Jagdale recorded contrasting victories to also advance to the third round. The seasoned ECC player Tengra had quite a fight on hand before getting the better of Khar Gymkhana’s youngster Harmehr Mago in a match that went the distance. Tengra recovered after losing the first two frame and with a 31 break won the third before pocketing the next two frames to nose ahead at 3-2. Harmehr managed to win the sixth to force the decider. The final frame was a close affair before the experienced Tengra managed to clinch to secure a satisfying 18-29, 29-36,  37-33, 45-15, 35-22, 1-28 and 38-25 verdict. In contrast, Jagdale was all fired up and hardly gave his opponent Jigish Choksi of NSCI much of a chance and quickly charged to 4-0 win with the frame scores reading 40-12, 42-8, 48-3, and 57-12.

Results – Round 2: Manan Shah (MHC) beat Loukic Pathare (CG) 4-1 (35-12, 43-5, 5-69, 44-21, 44-0).

Chandu Kansodaria (MCF) beat John Vasava (Gujrat) 4-1 (52-22, 30-19, 11-34, 33-21, 35-21).

Arun Kumar (Thane) beat Sumit Saldurkar (KVSC) 4-1 (39-28, 37-17, 38-49, 29-26, 47-23).

Sharad Sharma (Garware ) beat Chetan Gongode (ECC) 4-2 (37-13, 16-36, 38-36, 16-35, 50-17, 54-0).

Poras Shah (MG) beat Gaurav Jaisinghani ( Dadar Club ) 4-2 (9-58,  22-35, 37-7, 35-1, 40-18, 32-23).

Farhad Tengra. (ECC) beat Harmehr Mago (KG) 4-3 (18-29, 29-36,  37(31)-33, 45-15, 35-22, 1-28, 38-25).

Mahesh Jagdale. (ECC) beat Jigish Choksi ( NSCI) 4-0 (40-12, 42-8, 48-3, 57-12).

Saumil Karkera (Garware) bt Abdur Rehman (IG) 4-0 (43-36, 37-2, 32-12, 34-22).