Dombivali Gymkhana cueists Aashit Pandya and Kiran Chheda, comfortably won their Senior men’s snooker first-round qualifying matches of the BSAM organized Maharashtra State Junior Snooker and Senior Snooker & Billiards Selection (leg 1) Championship – 2019, played at the Bombay Gymkhana billiards room on Monday.
Pandya quickly struck form and rolled in a break of 37 in the first frame and went on to defeat Nagpur’s Pratik Vaidya 3-1 (62-25, 59-15, 43-60 and 51-43). In contrast, Chheda had the thing much his own way and overcame Reshad Asrani of Otters Club by coasting to a 3-0 (52-22, 57-09 and 60-10) victory.
Meanwhile, Radio Club marker Chinmay Gawde potted consistently to sideline Chandrashekar Singh of Central Railway Mechanical Institute by racing to a 3-0 (61-46, 51-28 and 56-16) victory to advance to the second round.
Qualifying (first round)