Mumbai: Dombivli Gymkhana cueists Aashit Pandya and Kiran Chheda, both comfortably won their Senior men’s snooker first round qualifying matches of the BSAM organized Maharashtra State Junior Snooker and Senior Snooker & Billiards Selection (leg 1) Championship – 2019, played at the Bombay Gymkhana billiards room on Monday
Pandya quickly struck form and rolled in a break of 37 in the first frame and went on to defeat Nagpur’s Pratik Vaidya 3-1 (62-25, 59-15, 43-60 and 51-43). In contrast, Chheda had thing much his own way and overcame Reshad Asrani of Otters Club by coasting to a 3-0 (52-22, 57-09 and 60-10) victory.
Meanhile, Radio Club marker Chinmay Gawde potted consistently to sideline Chandrashekar Singh of Central Railway Mechanical Institute by racing to a 3-0 (61-46, 51-28 and 56-16) victory to advance to the second round.
Results – qualifying (first round): Chinmay Gawde (Radio Club) beat Chandrashekar Singh (Central Railway) 3-0 (61-46, 51-28, 56-16);
Aashit Pandya (Dombivali Gym) beat Pratik Vaidya (Nagpur) 3-1 (62(37)-25, 59-15, 43-60, 51-43);
Kiran Chheda (Dombivali Gym) beat Reshad Asrani (Otters Club) 3-0 (52-22, 57-09, 60-10);
Kaizad Fitter (Bombay Gym) beat Tushar Sawadi (Pune) 3-1 (72-35, 32-48, 61-18, 58-33);
Parth Salot beat Janesh Nair (Matoshree Club) 3-2 (
65-35, 32-59, 55-52, 36-51, 41-35);
Karan Chugh (NSCI) beat Fawad Shaikh (Islam Gym) 3-1 (55-20, 63-18, 61-70, 49-38)
