MUMBAI, June 4:
Mahesh Jagdale and Pawan Kohli of Maharashtra lived dangerously before qualifying for the main draw of the P J Hindu Gymkhana National 6-Red Snooker Championship, here today.
Both the host state cueists registered 4-2 wins in their third and final qualifying rounds after leading 3-1 in their respective matches.
B V Rathod of Andhra Pradesh, who shocked fancied R Girish of the Railways in the second round yesterday, upset local cueist Gaurav Prabhu 4-2 to join Kohli and Jagdale in the main draw.
Kohli beat city rival Nihar Chavan 33-10, 36-14, 11-39, 42-12, 34-44, 41-8 after enduring a late challenge, while Jagdale overcame Abhishek Soparkar, also of Maharashtra, 34-14, 19-40, 38-33, 51-21, 18-37, 41-34.
Kohli snatched a tight third frame and sealed the win in the sixth frame on the last black ball, after they were level at 34-all.
I V Rajiv, of Andhra Pradesh, also entered the main draw following a 4-2 win over Anmoldeep Singh of Punjab.
Arun Agrawal of Maharashtra registered impressive back-to-back wins to advance to the third and final qualifying round.
Results: 3rd qualifying round: Pawan Kohli (Mah) bt Nihar Chavan (Mah) 33-10, 36-14, 11-39, 42-12, 34-44, 41-8; B V Rathod (AP) bt Gaurav Prabhu (Mah) 35-1, 42-2, 44-24, 17-31, 14-39, 40-27; Mahesh Jagdale (Mah) bt Abhishek Soparkar (Mah) 34-14, 19-40, 38-33, 51-21, 18-37, 41-34; I V Rajiv (AP) bt Anmoldeep Singh (Pun) 34-9, 39-28, 48-0, 22-48, 40-45, 40-27.
2nd qualifying round: Abhishek Bora (Mah) bt Ashit Pandya (Mah) 36-13, 31-8, 44-0, 25-35, 19-27, 11-38, 35-19; I V Rajiv (AP) bt Dependra Pinkyar (Mah) 40-8, 17-26, 39-5, 34-7, 43-12; Nihar Chavan (Mah) bt M B Asuthosh (Hyd) 15-52, 26-16, 29-37, 18-43, 40-8, 36-1, 48-40; Abhishek Soparkar (Mah) bt Vishal Madan (Mah) 38-11, 52-0, 39-20, 37-27; Arun Agrawal (Mah) bt Bala Krishna (AP) 42-5, 49-18, 45-24, 30-51, 39-1; Viren Sharma (MP) bt Priyank Jaiswal (MP) 12-43, 36-9, 48-34, 29-19, 23-34, 33-27.
1st qualifying round: Vishal Gehani (Mah) bt Abhijeet More (Mah) 34-20, 16-41, 42-31, 19-46, 41-9, 47-20; Ashwin Deshmukh (Mah) bt Umesh Barve (Mah) 30-2, 33-6, 25-44, 39-36, 12-52, 47-5, 52-2; Arun Agrawal (Mah) bt Bhavesh Chaturvedi (Mah) 46-3, 42-65, 34-18, 50-43, 29-17.
Double Elimination round (for 3rd round losers): Anupam Jha (Bih) bt Nitesh Madan (Del) 30-11, 37-36, 44(44)-7, 27-37, 39-15; Ashit Pandya (Mah) bt Bhavesh Chaturvedi (Mah) 12-44, 36-11, 37-11, 39-15, 39-15; Vishal Madan (Mah) bt Arun Kumar (Mah) 20-52, 1-68(34), 38(38)-0, 27-32, 38-4, 48-8, 31-18; Rishad Bharda (Mah) bt Siddharth Sogani (Mah) 13-37, 5-40, 43-29, 47-27, 31-19, concd; R Girish (Rlys) bt Atamash Saifi (Delhi) 49-7, 33-1, 30-40, 28-36, 22-42, 46-10, 38-26.
Abhinav Edke (Mah) bt Vishal Madan (Mah) 38-20, 47-9, 1-47, 47-30, 37-9; Sumit Saldurkar (Mah) bt Pushpendra Singh Brar (MP) 29-35, 30-14, 39-29, 44-18, 36-24; Atamash Saifi (Delhi) bt Kartik Jhaveri (Mah) 7-32, 38-1, 50-11, 26-9, 40-16; Vikas Kandari (Utk) bt Umesh Barve (Mah) 61-0, 31-16, 50-12, 55(32)-0; Hemanth Kumar (Rlys) bt Dependra Pinkyar (Mah) 54-21, 14-38, 12-37, 34-30, 29-19, 43-10; Hemanth Kumar (Rlys) bt Vishal Madan (Mah) 32-29, 48-0, 34(32)-12, 46-19. (PTI)
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