BOMBAY GYMKHANA YOUTH SNOOKER OPEN 2019
Tactical Gawde scrapes past Bombay Gymkhana’s Sanghvi
10-Aug-2019
Augusta Shah
Mumbai, August 10: Radio Club’s billiards marker Chinmay Gawde played tactically against Bombay Gymkhana’s Rishi Sanghvi and managed to snatch a close 3-2 victory in an interesting first round match of the Bombay Gymkhana Youth Snooker Open 2019, organized under the aegis of the BSAM, and played at the Bombay Gymkhana billiards room on Saturday afternoon.
Gawde won the first two frames before Sanghvi made a strong reply by winning the next two to level the frame scores at 2-all and force the decider. In the fifth frame, Gawde put to good advantage his experience as he trapped Sanghvi with a tight snooker and earned almost 20 points which helped him to win the frame and the match at 55-19, 72-44, 28-44, 50-55 and 55-34.
Earlier, in the morning Bombay Gymkhana’s 16-year-old Kaveri Shah, the only girl participant, tried her best against the senior Suraj Karade. She potted reasonably well and came close to pocketing the second frame only to lose it on the black ball and lost the contest 0-3 (30-51, 49-51 and 35-63).
Later, her younger brother, 12-year-old Augusta Shah also bowed out losing by a similar 0-3 margin to experienced Shubhojit Roy. The experienced Roy compiled two breaks of 36 in the second frame and went on to record a 55-25. 85-9 and 77-14 win.
Meanwhile, in another closely contested first round encounter, Prem Mirchandani got the better of Deep Bhanushali 3-2 (28-61, 58-39, 63-3, 35-74, 47-35).
Results (first round): Parth Jariwala beat Karan Makwana 3-1 (58-44, 36-63, 53-41, 51-12);
Rushabh Gohil beat Jayraj Amaane 3-0 (66-29, 62-15, 75-16);
Prem Mirchandani beat Deep Bhanushali 3-2 (28-61, 58-39, 63-3, 35-74, 47-35);
Chinmay Gawde beat Rishi Sanghvi 3-2 (55-19, 72-44, 28-44, 50-55, 55-34);
Ameya Sankhla beat Ranveersinh Marwa 3-1 (72-26, 46-4, 62-78, 67-16);
Yash Babania beat Jeet Vasani 3-0 (67-42, 60-28, 61-33);
Suraj Shirke beat Kaveri Shah 3-0 (51-30, 51-49, 63-35);
Mohd Hussain Khan beat Khushit Nepul Shah 3-0 (55-23, 69-24, 64-43);
Shubhojit Roy beat Augusta Shah 3-0 (55-25. 85(36,36)-9, 77-14);
Loukic Pathare beat Hrishikesh Bapat 3-0 (61-23, 73-40, 57-51);
Siddharth Mody beat Monit Shah 3-0 (57-15, 61-27, 38-37);