CCI OPEN SNOOKER 2019
Nitesh, Kanishk smoothly sail in the round of 64
10-Mar-2019
Nitesh Madan
Mumbai, March 10: Mumbai players Nitesh Madan and Kanishk Janjaria smoothly progressed to the round of 64 in the Rs 12.9 lakhs prize-money CCI All India Open Snooker Championship 2019, organised by the Cricket Club of India and played at the club’s Sir Wilson Jones Billiards Room, on Sunday.
Nitesh of Bombay Gymkhana, continued with his impressive showing and maintained his fine run of form as he blanked Avenish Shah of Mandpeshwar Civic Foundation, Mumbai by a 3-0 margin in a third round match. Displaying a calm, composed approach Nitesh, who has not dropped a frame in the two earlier rounds, cruised to a 77-37, 46-26, and 67-9 win. He made a break of 48 in the third frame.
Earlier, the home challenger Kaniskh Janjaria of Cricket Club of India halted the of fine run of Bombay Gymkhana’s Abhishek Bajaj by winning their third round contest coasting to a fluent 3-1 win. Kaniskh kept it simple and potted steadily to comfortably win the first two frames to grab a 2-0 lead. However, a slight lapse in concentration allowed Abhishek to win a close third and bridge the gap. But, Kanishk regained his touch and form and pocketed the fourth to complete a satisfying 59-27, 62-28, 61-66 and 55-39 win to march into the fourth round.
Meanwhile, Dr. Khizar Raoof of Telangana came from behind to overcome Karnataka’s R. Santosh Kumar 3-2 in a well-contested second round match late Saturday evening. Dr. Khizar lost the first two frames but in remarkable fashion went on to pocket the next three frames to clinch a 9-55, 20-55, 51-41, 63-55 and 67-37 victory.
Dr. Raoof (Telangana) produced another fighting performance to tame Avinash Kumar of Delhi 3-1 (41-62, 64-24, 55-17, 78-17), while Mumbai cueist Anand Raghuvanshi of Hindu Gymkhana started with a 59 break in the first frame and charged past Anas Ali of Surat winning at 3-1 ( 84-4, 16-66, 62-55, 47-44);
Results – First round: Abhishek Ahuja (Delhi) beat Souvick Maulick 3-0 (69-12, 56-8, 72-36);
Hritik Jain (MP) beat Vijay Lilva (Goregaon SC) 3-0 (70-43, 50-17, 64-22);
Vishal Gehani (Park Club) beat Anshul Tandekar (Nagpur) 3-0 (67-60, 59-12, 50-43);
Chintamani Jadhav (Pune) beat Imran (Radio Club) 3-1 (58-26, 54-25, 50-54, 68-21);
Rohit Rawat beat Sanjiv Bijlani (Park Club) 3-0 (47-45, 54-19, 54-36);
Ashish Yadhav (Nagpur) beat Bhavesh Keshva (Goregaon SC) 3-2 (22-58, 61-28, 66-36, 38-50, 48-34);
Ken Simon (Madhya Pradesh) beat Shubham Bokade (Nagpur) 3-2 (64-56, 16-57, 5-77, 64-8, 63-52);
Harpreet Singh (Delhi) beat Amar Bharat (Goregaon SC) 3-1 (83-3, 70-47, 40-50, 70(48)-24);
Sanket Mutha (Pune) beat Mafaz Khan (Delhi) 3-1 (70-69, 36-50, 75-58, 65-43);
Second round: K. Srinu (Ap Rly) beat Sahil Karnani (Ulhasnagar) 3-1 (65-0, 47-57, 58-10, 66(54)-27);
Luv Kukreja (Delhi) beat R Loganathan (Tamil Nadu) 3-1 (19-61, 61-54, 58-40, 66-44);
Dr. Khizar RaoOf (Telangana) beat R Santosh Kumar (Karnataka) 3-2 (9-55, 20-55, 51-41, 63-55, 67-37);
Third round: Kaniskh Janjaria (CCI) beat Abhishek Bajaj (Bombay Gymkhana) 3-1 (59-27, 62-28, 61-66, 55-39);
Asutosh Padhy (JVPG) beat Loukic Pathare (Railways) 3-1 (55-44, 37-54, 57-44, 66-10);
Nitesh Madan (Bom Gym) beat Avenish Shah (Mcf) 3-0 (77-37, 46-26, 67(48)-9);
Sumit Saldurkar (KVSC) beat Mohsin Achhava (Gujarat) 3-0 (79-44, 58-26, 84-32);
Anand Raghuvanshi (Hindu Gym) beat Anas Ali (Surat) 3-1 ( 84(59)-4, 16-66, 62-55, 47-44);
Dr. Khizar Raoof (Telangana) beat Avinash Kumar (Delhi) 3-1 (41-62, 64-24, 55-17, 78-17);