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Nishit Chandan of Matunga Gymkhana was taken the distance before advancing to the second round, in the Matunga Gymkhana-Dadar Club Open Snooker Tournament on Monday.
Chandan experienced indifferent form and a roller-coaster ride against anonymous Rohan Fernandes even after surging to a 2-1 lead after dropping the second frame in the best-of-five contest. A rusty Chandan was forced into the decider by a determined Fernandes who refused to give up. Only a significant lead in the final frame gave Chandan the edge.
The other significant first round winners were Sagar Jain (North Indian Association), Amit Jadhav (Islam Gymkhana), Deependra Pinkyar (Shivaji Park Gymkhana), Gaurav Jaisinghani of Vashi and Akash Asrani of Khar Gymkhana who was let off the hook by Dhaval Kenia of Matunga Gymkhana.
Meanwhile, Arun Barve of PYC, Pune enjoyed a rewarding day with back-to-back wins to enter the third round, along with Shahbaz Khan of Elphinstone Cricket Club and Deepak Khubchandani of Khar Gymkhana.
Apart from Barve, the other Pune cueists to win were, Rohan Sakalkar and Akash Padalikar who entered the second round.
Results: 2nd Rd: Arun Barve (PYC, Pune) bt Karan Mangat (Vashi) 62-24, 39-62, 48-11, 49-40; Shahbaz Khan (Elphinstone CC) bt Ibrahim Motiwala (Solapur) 61-56, 21-69, 78-52, 55-26; Deepak Khubchandani (Khar Gym) bt Manjit Singh Bhomer (North Indian Assn) 48-12, 64-8, 47-56, 51-2.
1st Rd: Nishit Chandan (Matunga Gym) bt Rohan Fernandes 50-34, 32-49, 69-23, 21-39, 62-36; Santosh Pawar (Chembur) bt M.H. Gavit (Dadar Club) 80-24, 61-20, 68-29; Chandu Kansodaria (MCF) bt J. Parikh 54-21, 57-14, 44-53, 70-5; Arpit Shah (MCA) bt Nikhil Sansar (Spring Club) 69-29, 61-30, 47-54, 88-15; Akash Ajmera (Elphinstone CC) bt Jatin N.S. (Matunga Gym) 31-43, 67-45, 31-58, 54-20, 52-31; Mitesh Thakkar (Spring Club) bt Abhay Amin (Matunga Gym) 62-40, 44-6, 36-17; Akash Asrani (Khar Gym) bt Dhaval Kenia (Matunga Gym) 57-56, 64-49, 56-16; Gaurav Jaisinghani (Vashi) bt Rajesh Mehta (Matunga Gym) 57-26, 64-36, 24-49, 68-10; Sonu Matang bt Rajiv Adani (Dadar Club) 22-59, 25-69, 71-29, 58-15, 69-43; Arun Barve (PYC, Pune) bt Sachin Dedhia (Dadar Club) 62-31, 47-5, 59-39; Amar Raikar bt Chirag Kenia (Matunga Gym) 62-23, 62-40, 8-42, 42-56, 60-38; Rohan Sakalkar (PYC, Pune) bt Prashant Mhatre (SPG) 45-29, 50-19, 56-22; Sagar Jain (North Indian Assn) bt Om Prakash (Dadar Club) 64-22, 51-17, 59-35; Ritesh Joshi (Spring Club) bt Shail Badami 50-6, 57-29, 27-48, 57-29; Amit Jadhav (Islam Gym) bt Sanket Bapat (SPG) 65-56, 53-45, 76-56; Deependra Pinkyar (SPG) bt Kreishh Gurbaxani (Khar Gym) 48-21, 49-40, 52-24; Kewal Madeshwar bt Abhijeet Kamble 24-58, 32-46, 35-30, 56-4, 56-35; Akash Padalikar (Pune) bt Israr Khan (Islam Gym) 54-16, 56-13, 74-20;
Tuesday: 10 a.m. Matunga Gymkhana-Dadar Club Open Snooker Tournament (at both venues)
