01 February 2013: Rahul Sachdev upset top seed in Junior Snooker

Rahul Sachdev of Maharashtra shocked the Top Seed Lalit Dahiya (Delhi) in Round 32 of Junior Snooker in Manisha National Billiards & Snooker Championship 2013 being held at Gymnasium Hall of Jiwaji University, Gwalior (Org. by Gwalior District Billiards and Snooker Association).

Rahul kept all controls to self only since the beginning of the match. He played the entire match in a much planned manner.

In the first frame there were little chances for Lalit but Rahul did no silly mistake and pocketed the first frame. After that Rahul took all controls in his hands and comfortably won subsequent frames to outplay Lalit in straight set of frames 3-NIL.

Delighted Rahul said “I was aware about the caliber of Lalit and did not want to give any loose string to put myself under pressure. Also I knew this is his first match and I have the advantage of playing few matches before in qualifying rounds that helped me a lot”.

In another matches of the day, Arjun Mehta from Karnataka defeated Aayush Guleria (HP) in straight set of frames 3-NIL. Malkeet Singh from Uttar Pradesh also defeated Sundar Raj (TN) with identical score 3-NIL.

Lalsangzela from Mizoram knocked out Bhanu from Rajasthan 56-03, 75-00, 50, 55 and 90-70. Last frame saw good snooker and both the player loose some points on follow and miss rule.