Malabar Hill Club senior 15-red snooker Panchal tames Shahyan to make quarter-finals

 

Malabar Hill Club senior 15-red snooker

Panchal tames Shahyan to make quarter-finals

Mumbai, November 21: Mumbai’s seasoned player Manav Panchal was in good form and potted consistently to quell the challenge from young cueist Shahyan Razmi, also from Mumbai, cruising to a 4-1 win in a Senior Men’s 15-red Snooker pre-quarter-final match of the Malabar Hill Club State Ranking Snooker Tournament 2024, played at the MHC billiards hall on Tuesday.

Manav, a member of Malabar Hill Club, was in total control and rolled in a break of 46 points in the second frame. He also won the third and raced to a 3-0 lead. The young Shahyan was quite nervous and struggled with his pots, but he managed to win the fourth frame to halt Panchal from running away with the match. Panchal regained his composure and seized every opportunity to build small breaks, securing the fifth frame and completing a deserving victory with frame scores of 67-25, 60-26, 71-31, 50-67, and 62-32.

Thane’s Krishna Tohgaonkar was in prime form and outclassed Pune’s Gaurav Desmukh, charging to a 4-0 (77-1, 61-30, 58-44, 71-47) win to advance to the quarter-finals.

Sumit Ahuja of Ulhasnagar also progressed to the quarter-finals with a 4-1 win over Pune’s Sonu Matang in another last-16 encounter. Ahuja compiled a break of 54 in the third frame and went on to secure a 89-56, 25-58, 82-11, 69-25, and 79-30 victory.

Results – Senior Men’s 15-red Snooker (Quarter-finals):

• Manav Panchal (Mumbai) beat Shahyan Razmi (Mumbai) 4-1 (67-25, 60(46)-26, 71-31, 50-67, 62-32)
• Krishna Tohgaonkar (Thane) beat Gaurav Desmukh (Pune) 4-0 (77-1, 61-30, 58-44, 71-47)
• Sumit Ahuja (Ulhasnagar) beat Sonu Matang (Pune) 4-1 (89-56, 25-58, 82(54)-11, 69-25, 79-30)
• Yudhishthir Jaising (Mumbai) beat Abhijeet Ranade (Pune) 4-3 (29-65, 87-48, 88-11, 18-84(44), 66-53, 48-56, 68(40)-61)

Photo caption – Panchal: Mumbai’s Manav Panchal showed good touch and potted consistently to tame young cueist Shahyan Razmi also from Mumbai cruising to 4-1 win in a pre-quarter-final match.

 

Photo caption – Krishna: Thane’s Krishna Tohgaonkar outclassed Pune’s Gaurav Desmukh charging to a 4-0  win to advance to the quarter-finals.