CCI Snooker Open 2019

Mumbai - Maharashtra

 

Rupesh survive in decider; Advani zooms past Panchal

15.03.2019 - Mumbai

 

 

Rupesh Shah of ONGC shown his class by crafted much needed break of 86 in the deciding frame to knockout Sundeep Gulati of Delhi. They both countered each other very well and stayed equal after six frames but in the final, Rupesh held his nerves much better to craft the match winning break.

In another match, top-ranked Pankaj Advani of ONGC showed his class as he constructed a magnificent 131 clearance as he went on to record a comprehensive 4-0 win against local challenger Manav Panchal of Mumbai. His century break in the third frame is the best in the competition so far and has now qualified for the highest break prize of Rs 25,000, if not supersede by any other player. The qualifying mark was 130 and above.

He rolled in another decent run of 53 in the fourth frame to complete a quick 78-24, 65-4, 131-0 and 73-22.

However, India No. 4 Kamal Chawla of Railways fell by the wayside as he suffered a 1-4 defeat at the hands of Lucky Vatnani of Telangana in another round of 64 encounter and Malkeet Singh of Railways knocked out Sourav Kothari of ONGC 4-3.

Malkeet came up with a timely break of 60 in the decider to snatch a deserving 83-12, 27-68, 01-86, 59-08, 01-69, 69-27 and 74)-34 win.

Meanwhile, National women champion Varsha Sanjeev of Karnataka went down fighting to Mumbais flamboyant Vimal Mariwala losing a seven-frame thriller by a 3-4 margin.