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Elphinstone Cricket Club Sohrab Gandi & Naval Tata Open Handicap Billiards & Snooker Tournament 2010
04 June 2010
Badami survives Laher scare
Laher enjoyed +80 handicap and remained ahead to keep the formidable Badami (+20) under pressure. But Badami managed to close in towards the end to trail 191-196 to set the stage for a humdinger.
While in need of just four points for what would have been a stunning win, Laher tried the white that was hanging on the pocket and an easy canon at the same time, but missed by a whisker. Rattled by the unbelievable blemish, Laher lost his way as Badami returned to snatch the match with a sigh of relief.
Yasin Merchant, who finished third in the recent Asian Snooker Championships in Thailand, rallied to beat young Samay Wadhwan of PJ Hindu Gymkhana 62-86, 94-67, 104-56 in a snooker third round that included a spectacular break of 103 in the decider after trailing 1-56. Merchant, whose century break is the highest in the competition so far that erased Aditya Agrawal's 72, could have enhanced the break to 110 but he endured an unfortunate black in-off.
Among the significant players to advance to the third round were Mahesh Jagdale of North Indian Association, Arun Agrawal of Elphinstone Cricket Club and Sanjeev Bijlani of Park Club.
Result Snooker (3rd Round) Yasin Merchant (scr, Khar Gym) bt Samay Wadhwan (+55, PJ Hindu Gym) 62-86, 94-67, 104(103)-56 Siddharth Parikh (+20, PJ Hindu Gym) bt Iqbal Rokadia (+60, Elphinstone CC) 103-72, 99-72
Billiards (3rd Round) Hasan Badami (+20, Islam Gym) bt Homi Laher (+80, Elphinstone CC) 200-198
Billiards (2nd Round) Mahesh Jagdale (-40, North Indian Assn) bt Ralph Fernandes (+70, Catholic Gym) 200-150 Arun Agrawal (-180, Elphinstone CC) bt Abhinav Kripalu (+60, CCI) 200-103 Sanjeev Bijlani (+50, Park Club) bt Sayed Junaid (+70, HCL Info Systems) 200-168
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