Shyam Shroff Memorial - Khar Gymkhana Snooker Tournament

Khar Gymkhana - 15 Linking Road

Khar - Mumbai

Qualifying :: 26 February - 02 March 2008

Main Round :: 04 - 09 March 2008

Mahesh Jagdale shocked

Report by :: Don Monteiro

Fancied Mahesh Jagdale crashed out in dramatic fashion in the second round of the qualifiers in the Khar Gymkhana-Shyam Shroff Memorial Open Invitation Snooker Tournament at the Khar Gymkhana on Thursday. On an exciting day of close contests, Jagdale made a premature exit when he failed to capitalise on the 1-0 advantage after snatching the opening frame in the best-of-five frames encounter, as Rahul Beeralia returned to form in the nick of time to win the next three frames and the tie 47-62, 74-39, 71-47, 47-31.

The father and son duo of Arun and Aditya Agrawal enjoyed a rewarding following contrasting wins. In a tight match between quality cueists, Aditya dropped the third frame before overcoming formidable Satbir Narula 62-29, 66-9, 56-62, 67-34, while Arun raced to a 68-36, 61-18, 67-42 win to end the campaign of Khar Gymkhana marker Ashok More.

Fancied Chadhresh Shah of PJ Hindu Gymkhana also was stretched before he beat C. Rahul 67-9, 59-23, 33-74, 45-36. In contrast, Marzdi Kalyaniwala of Bombay Gymkhana crushed Ashish Pathak 56-30, 66-18, 72-45. Hyderabad's Lucky Vatnani also advanced with a fluent 60-5, 57-14, 68-58 win over anonymous D. Dharmesh that included a break of 53 in the opening frame.

Results (Qualifiers):

Second Round:

Anand Yelve bt S. Rahul 55-28, 38-9, 62-11

Vipul Shah bt Aman Koli 46-41, 38-69, 57-29, 64-33

Lucky Vatnani bt D. Dharmesh 60(53)-5, 57-14, 68-58

Samuel Selven bt B. Ameya 62-18, 53-14, 64-34

Pradeep Singh bt B. Mahir 64-30, 77-39, 51-22

Rahul Beeralia bt Mahesh Jagdale 47-62, 74-39, 71-47, 47-31

Chandresh Shah bt C. Rahul 67-9, 59-23, 33-74, 45-36

Manoj Mayekar bt Amit Damania 53-42, 61-33, 54-33

Mahadeo Bhogle bt H. Singh 23-54, 60-43, 50-40, 60-39

Marzdi Kalyaniwala bt Ashish Pathak 56-30, 66-18, 72-45

Aditya Agrawal bt Satbir Narula 62-29, 66-9, 56-62, 67-34

Arun Agrawal bt Ashok More 68-36, 61-18, 67-42.

First Round:

Rajiv Belani bt I.V. Solanki 66-39, 25-60, 47-30, 52-40

Harish Mirchandani bt M. Mohideen 51-13, 62-24, 62-30

Aditya Agarwal bt M. Irshad 52-29, 45-16, 33-10

Harshendu Giri bt Siddharth Shah 43-66, 43-13, 60-18, 60-32

Marzdi Kalyaniwala bt M. Dharmesh 73-12, 86-5, 73-31

S. Magesh bt C. Nishant 43-22, 24-59, 49-39, 74-58

Abhishek Soparkar bt Neeta Sanghvi 62-25, 40-79, 81-60, 27-64, 55-17

Sanjiv Chimnani bt Mukesh Bajaj 86-9, 56-14, 63-9