Radio Club youngster Shahyan Razmi showed tremendous resilience as he staged a remarkable fightback to overcome Siddhesh Mulay of Chiplun by three frames to two in a closely contested Senior Men’s second-round match of the Senior men’s snooker third round qualifying match of the BSAM organized Maharashtra State Junior Snooker and Senior Snooker & Billiards Selection (leg 1) Championship – 2019, played at the Bombay Gymkhana billiards room.
The Chiplun cueist Siddhesh quickly got off the blocks and compiled a break of 49 in winning the first frame. He maintained the momentum and pocketed the second to grab a 2-0 lead. But, Shahyan staged a grand recovery and went on to take the next three frames to clinch a 34-77, 19-54, 73-42, 55-46 and 64-39 victory.
In another closely fought encounter, Rohan Kothare of Aurangabad and Devansh Jariwala of P.J. Hindu Gymkhana were engaged in a grim battle for supremacy before the former managed to carve out a hard-fought 3-2 win over to advance to the third round. Kothare held his nerves to snatch a 52-19, 55-66, 62-34, 32- 60 and 53-40 victory.
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