Sports News | Habib Makes Main Round in Western India Billiards and Snooker
Get latest articles and stories on Sports at LatestLY. Seasoned Railways cueist Rafat Habib defeated Madhya Pradesh's Nikku Pillai 4-3 to make it to the main round of the Western India Billiards and Snooker Championship here on Saturday.
Mumbai, Aug 10 (PTI) Seasoned Railways cueist Rafat Habib defeated Madhya Pradesh's Nikku Pillai 4-3 to make it to the main round of the Western India Billiards and Snooker Championship here on Saturday.
Habib got the better of Pillai 64-18, 66-51, 50-58, 26-78, 71-13, 23-56.
NSCI's Abhishek Bajaj defeated Aditya Shandilya of Hindu Gymkhana 4-1 (77-33, 47-66, 66-34, 61-54, and 66-42) while Delhi's veteran cueist Anuj Uppal proved too good for Mumbai's Brijesh Nanavati, charging to a straight frames 4-0 win.
Uppal recorded a win by 69-44, 83-23, 82-11, and 64-31.
Gujarat's Rutul Pambhar got the better Thane's Krishna Tohgaonkar 4-3 (61-29, 60-7, 37-59, 72-19, 29-50, 1-66, and 82-20).
Results –
Round 3: Janak Masand (MUM) bt Shubhojit Roy (MUM) 4-1 (47-61, 85-10, 71-50, 62-48, 55-48); Anuj Uppal (DEL) bt Brijesh Nanavati (Mum) 4-0 (69-44, 83-23, 82(76)-11, 64-31); Rutul Pambhar (GUJ) bt Krishna Tohgaonkar (MUM) 4-3 (61-29, 60-7, 37-59, 72-19, 29-50, 1-66, 82-20); Oswald Massey (Guj) bt Mehul Sutariya (MUM) 4-2 (63-40, 26-59, 70-79, 75-30, 55-37, 89-49); Devendra Patel (MUM) bt Ajinkya Yelve (MUM) 4-2 (44-64, 65-35, 89(49)-5, 57-28, 38-68, 55-27); Anant Mehta (MUM) bt Swapnil Khaire (MUM) 4-1 (62-35, 83-90, 69-36, 72-46, 60-20); Suraj Rathi (PUNE) bt Gaurav Chhabra (MP) 4-0 (49-16, 65-25, 62-28, 69-44); Abhishek Bajaj (MUM) bt Aditya Shandilya (MUM) 4-1 (77-33, 47-66, 66-34, 61-54, 66-42); Rafath Habib (RLYS) bt Nikku Pillai (MP) 4-3 (64-18, 66-51, 50-58, 26-78, 71-13, 23-56, 76-54).
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