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Pandit fights back to overcome Kadam

THE ASIAN AGE
Published : Sep 17, 2018, 12:22 am IST
Updated : Sep 17, 2018, 12:22 am IST

Kadam made a bright start by winning the opening two frames quite convincingly to take a commanding 2-0 lead.

Mumbai challengers, Kreishh Gurbaxani and Abhimanyu Gandhi, both marched into the second round.
 Mumbai challengers, Kreishh Gurbaxani and Abhimanyu Gandhi, both marched into the second round.

Anmol Pandit of Pune displayed strong fighting spirit and bounced back in grand fashion to pull off a tight 3-2 win against compatriot Kunal Kadam in a Senior Snooker first round qualifying match of the Maharashtra State Senior Snooker & Billiards Selection (leg-1) Championship 2018 and played at the Deccan Gymkhana billiards room on Saturday.

Kadam made a bright start by winning the opening two frames quite convincingly to take a commanding 2-0 lead. But, a determined Pandit hit back by closely winning the next three frames to clinch a satisfying victory. Pandit managed to pull through with the frames scores reading 26-66, 48-59, 78-14, 47-28 and 65-54 in his favour.

Kolhapur’s Ameya Kalekar comfortably advanced to the second round defeating Pune’s Dhawal Gadhvi 3-1 (56-26, 41-78, 57-20, 59-43).

Meanwhile, Pune’s Abhishek Ranade cracked a break of 55 in the third frame as he scrapped past his city rival Aryan Rajhans (Pune) 3-2 (30-57, 61-22, 44-50, 69(55)-12, 58-18) in another first round tie.

Mumbai challengers, Kreishh Gurbaxani and Abhimanyu Gandhi, both marched into the second round. The 16-year-old Gurbaxani, who lost to Mumbai’s Rishabh Thakkar in the billiards final and  finished as the number two ranked billiards player in Maharashtra, tamed Abhishek Bora of Pune 3-0 (57-12. 59-15, 74-15). He signed off in style by compiling a break of 52 in the third frame.

Gandhi was in complete control and outplayed Pune’s Arya Bapat  3-0 (70-24, 73-11, 84-27) at the Poona Club billiards room.

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