Day two of Whistling Properties Asian Qualifying National Camp 2011 started with a sunny day here in Ahmedabad’s Sports Club of Gujarat where top eight cueists of National Snooker ranking playing head to head to confirm their berth in upcoming Asian championship 2011.

 In the morning session, Pankaj Advani defeated his state-mate I.H. Manudev 4-2. Manudev won the toss and started with breaking first frame and handed over an open chance to Pankaj, which he converted into a break of 55 to win the first frame 73-03. Second frame Manudev did not give any chance and with a break of 82, he leveled the match 1-1. In the third third frame Pankaj converted a straight pot into an excellent break of 113 to raise the lead 2-1 and then again in fourth frame a break of 71 puts himself in a comfortable position with a score 3-1. Manudev, did not want to give up easily, he bounced back with some moderate shots to curb Pankaj and with a break of 58, Manudev won the fifth frame to narrow the lead 2-3. Sixth frame, both the cueists tried to curtail each other. But in the end Pankaj got upper hand to seal the match 4-2 in his favour.

In the evening session, Pankaj blanked Alok Kumar 4 frames to NIL. Though there were no big breaks but decent breaks of 40s and 50s were enough for him to outplay Alok and to win his fourth successive match.

Aditya, Lucky on fire; Manan lost again

The Asian Games Bronze Medalist, Aditya Mehta continues his winning streak from yesterday’s two 4-0 performances and defeated former World No.3 Manan Chandra. The match remains very idle for youngsters as every frame was a learning experience. The initial two frames, both the cueists smashed above 50 breaks in the and won 1 frame each. Third and fourth frame, Aditya got some good knocks to advance 3-1 with moderate breaks of 63 and 76. Manan replied the fifth frame with a break of 67 but falls short in sixth frame 77-25 and lost 2-4. This was Manan’s third loss in a row and has to won all matches now to stay in the race of selection.

On the other hand, the current national No.2 Lucky Vatnani also maintaining his winning tally as he won third match continuously. In morning session, he beat Alok Kumar 4-2. Losing first two frames, Lucky gripped again and won the third frame with some decent potting to narrow the lead. The amazing fourth frame was the highlight of the match where both the cueists run neck to neck throughout the frame. Alok needing pink and black to tie the frame, in an attempt to play a safe pink, he got it a pot. Potting black thereafter he pulls Lucky to play black ball tie. Both the cueists started for the decider black ball, which after couple of safeties,  Alok  miscalculated and left for an easy pot for Lucky, which lucky without wasting the chance potted and leveled the match 2-all. After that winning next two frames, Lucky finished the proceedings of the match 4-2 in his favour.

In an important match, Kamal Chawla defeated Anuj Uppal 4-2. Losing first frame, Kamal wins next three frames to advance 3-1. Though Anuj won the fifth frame but that was not sufficient to stop Kamal winning the match. This match was important for Kamal after last night lost against Alok Kumar in decider frame.