Snooker Open: Teenage players Sumer, Shahyan register spectacular victory
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Mumbai (Uttam Hindu News): Teenage players Sumer Mago and Shahyan Razmi registered impressive wins over accomplished rivals Sparsh Pherwani and Rowin D’Souza respectively in the first round matches of the All India Snooker Open 2024 at the NSCI Billiards Hall on Saturday.
Later, veteran campaigner and two-time former Asian snooker champion Yasin Merchant put up a brilliant performance against his apprentice Vinay Swaminathan in a thrilling match. The snooker maestro showed glimpses of his past and delivered consistent blows against Swaminathan. He won 66-54, 32-62, 55-75(51), 72-22, 86-9, 83(51)-1, 5-83(73), 0-89, 82(81)-9 Were successful in achieving.
19-year-old Sumer showed courage and won the crucial decisive ninth frame by a narrow margin and gave his practice partner Pherwani a 5-4 victory in the best of 9 frames match. After Sumer took a 4-1 lead, Pherwani made a comeback and leveled the score at 4-4. But Sumner played with confidence to win the final frame and won 59-25, 57-25, 91-32, 17-87, 67-13, 28-78, 48-65, 17-73 and 63-55. of. To advance to the second round. Sumner got one break of 51 in the third frame, while Pherwani made two breaks of 61 and 56 in the fourth and sixth frames, but his efforts went in vain.
In contrast, 18-year-old Shahyan put in a solid and steady performance against experienced cueist Rowin D’Souza and advanced to the second round with a 5-2 decision. Shahyan started in stormy fashion and took the lead by winning the first four frames. D’Souza saved himself from embarrassment by taking the next two frames. Earlier, Shahyan returned to the winning streak by winning the seventh frame 63-56, 91-40, 51-39, 48-11, 23-67, 1-. The young player made a break of 60 in the second frame and won 62-61.
Meanwhile, in the battle between NSCI cueists, experienced Abhishek Bajaj also performed brilliantly, especially defeating Samay Wadhawan 5-1 in the fourth match. Bajaj won by 51-27, 56-43, 38-66, 51-47, 89-27 and 74-50.
Kris Gurbaxani made a strong start with a break of 70 points to win the first frame. After this, he played continuously and defeated Hrithik Jain 5-2 (85(70)-49, 13-64, 62-46, 69-27, 27-72, 63-48, 64-8).
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