CCI OPEN SNOOKER 2019
Vishal continues to shine, constructs 76 points break
07-Mar-2019
Vishal Vaya
Mumbai, March 7: Vishal Vaya of Aquaria Club, Mumbai continued with his impressive run of form and constructed another sizeable break of 76 points as he went on to sideline Aashit Pandya of Dombivali Gymkhana by three frames to one in a best-of-5-frame second round match of the Rs 12.9 lakhs prize-money CCI All India Open Snooker Championship 2019, organised by the Cricket Club of India at the club’s Sir Wilson Jones Billiards Room.
The former junior Indian player Vishal, who had fired a break of 60 in his first round win against Shubham Randhe on Monday, maintained the winning momentum and quickly got down to business as he comfortably pocketed the first frame. But, he narrowly lost the second before taking the third to regain the lead (2-1). However, Vishal signed off in style stitching together a neat run of 76, which is better than young Shahyan Razmi’s break of 70 compiled on Wednesday.
The Aquaria Club cueist Vishal raced to 93-31, 56-59, 61-29 and 95-16 victory to advance to the third round. Vishal will meet another Mumbai player Nabil Lakhdawwala of Otters Club who defeated Cherag Ramakrishnan of Cricket Club of India 3-1 (64-13, 47(45)-9, 34-75, 62-16).
In another second round encounter, Abimanyu Gandhi of Otters Club, Mumbai got the better of Western Railway’s Nikhil Ghadge winning three closely fought frames at 3-0 (58-44, 82-34, 69-46).
Meanwhile, Piyush Limbad of Kolhapur) beat Anees Jumani of Radio Club, Mumbai 3-2 in a keenly contested first round encounter. In a match of fluctuating fortunes Piyush and Anees shared the opening four frames, before the Kolhapur player held his nerves to snatch a close deciding frame to complete a 60-27, 21-56, 78-48, 19-57 and 73-55 victory to progress to the second round.
Results - First round: Jaison Malhotra (Delhi) beat Mohit Khanchandani (Jaipur) 3-0 (81-37, 55-17, 79-35).
Pratyush Somayajula (KVSC) beat Aditya Shandiliya (MH) 3-0 (62-12, 61-6, 53-36);
Shubhojit Roy (NSCI) beat Ajay Chugani (Radio Club) 3-0 (77-20, 53-42, 59-34);
Sourabh Ayyagari (Pune) beat Pradyumna Mehendale (Pune) 3-1 (17-51, 34-25, 55-44, 63-33);
Sahil Karnani (Ulhasnagar) beat Darshan Shah (Matunga Gym) 3-1 (58-18, 19-60, 39-31, 52-19);
Poras Shah (Matunga Gym) beat Manan Shah (Malabar Hill Club) 3-1 (26-49, 67-60, 72-1, 72-31).
Rovin D'souza (Hindu Gym) beat Naveen Choure (Bhopal) 3-1 (50-14, 41-62, 57-4, 64-36);
Pankaj Khatri (Nashik) beat Raj Rana (CCI) 3-1 (50-57, 50-48, 68-41, 81-37);
Piyush Limbad (Kolhapur) beat Anees Jumani (Radio Club) 3-2 (60-27, 21-56, 78-48, 19-57, 73-55);
Hitesh Kotwani (Hindu Gym) beat Dhairyasheel Gaikwad (Aurangabad) 3-0 (47-9, 62-21, 49-22);
Mohsin Achhava (Guj) beat Kishore Laungani (Khar Gym) 3-0 (63-19, 58-52, 75-45);
Alex Rego (Pune) beat Saurabh Mehrotra 36-59, 46-56, 58-42, 71-48, 91-14);
Second round: Ejaz Merchant (Bandra) beat Vilas Upsham (ECC) 3-2 (forfeited 1st frame, 63-34, 23-34, 73-4, 72-22);
Anand Raghuvanshi (Hindu Gym) beat Rishi K. (Vasai) 3-1 (86-29, 69-27, 59-60, 58-18);
Asutosh Padhy (JVPG) beat Chaitanya Singh (Bhopal) 3-0 (57-44, 65-38, 81-9);
Rushabh Gohil (ECC) beat Sanjay Gamre (Bombay Gym) 3-1 (57-28, 29-58, 58-47, 64-28);
Nabil Lakadawala (Otters Club) beat Cherag Ramakrishnan (CCI) 3-1 (64-13, 47(45)-9, 34-75, 62-16);
Anuj Agarwal beat Dhawal Karia 3-1 (28-58, 61-21, 81-16, 68-22);
Abimanyu Gandhi (Otters Club) beat Nikhil Ghadge (W. Rly) 3-0 (58-44, 82-34, 69-46);
Vishal Vaya (Aquaria) beat Aashit Pandya (Dombivali Gym) 3-1 (93-31, 56-59, 61-29, 95(76)-16);
Taaha Khan (Pune) beat Nisarg Patel (Surat) 3-0 (68-29, 52-41, 58-32);