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Elphinstone Cricket Club Sohrab Gandi & Naval Tata Open Handicap Billiards & Snooker Tournament 2010
02 June 2010
Thakkar upsets Saboo to enter Quarter Finals
A break of 57 was the feature of Thakker’s facile 250-115 win over the formidable Saboo who struggled to live up to his reputation while enduring poor form.
With the advantage of a +50 handicap, Thakker remained ahead right through while keeping Saboo in check, to fashion one of the biggest upsets in the billiards competition.
In other upsets, Harish Mirchandani of Khar Gymkhana beat Sunil Jain of Garware Club House in the third round, while Homi Laher of Elphinstone Cricket Club prevailed over Malcolm Kapadia of Dadar Parsi Colony Gymkhana in the second round.
In snooker, junior national girls champion Arantxa Sanchis recovered from the surprise loss of the opening frame to beat state sub junior boys champion Jaiveer Dhingra of CCI 111-92, 91-103, 113-88 in the second round.
Snooker (4th Round) Rahul Narang (+40, North Indian Assn) bt Mohit Lalwani (+50, Khar Gym) 94-52, 104-90
Snooker (3rd Round) Sushant Khade (+50, Vashi) bt Jimmy Chinoy (+65, Elphinstone CC) 107-94, 103-113, 117-91 Aditya Agrawal (+35, Bombay Gym) bt Ashok More (+50, Khar Gym) 96-79, 113-67 Chetan Dalal (+55, PJ Hiindu Gym) bt Jaiveer Chadha (+55, Khar Gym) 111-92, 91-103, 113-88
Snooker (2nd Round) Arantxa Sanchis (+50, MCF) bt Jaiveer Dhingra (+50, CCI) 69-120, 104-74, 110-91
Billiards (Pre-Quarter Finals) Ankit Thakker (+50, Matunga Gym) bt Amit Saboo (scr, Bombay Gym) 250(57)-115
Billiards (3rd Round) Harish Mirchandani (+50, Khar Gym) bt Sunil Jain (+40, Garware Club House) 200-141
Billiards (2nd Round) Homi Laher (+80, Elphinstone CC) bt Malcolm Kapadia (+70, Dadar Parsi Colony Gym) 200-158
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