Mutha, Rathi in knockout rounds

PUNE Suraj Rathi along with Sanket Mutha entered knockout round at the BSAM 6 Red Snooker State Selection Tournament 2019 at the Poona Club Billiards room on Friday. In a close encounter, Pune’s Rathi edged-out Shahyan Razmi of Mumbai 4-3 (27-41, 22-44, 49-24, 55-13, 32-22, 36-27). Another local player Madhav Joshi defeated city-mate Tushar Sawadi 4-3 (35-17, 10-45, 29-22, 08-44, 41-09, 06-48, 32-22).

Saad Sayyed scored a 49-points break in his 4-1 (08-47, 53-06, 61(49)-09, 38-21, 35-23) win over Siddhesh Mulay of Chiplun to make it to the final qualifying round.

Results: Double elimination round: Anant Mehta (Mumbai) bt Omar Farooqui (Aurangabad) 4-3(17-27, 44-20, 09-29, 03-32, 35-11, 38-08, 42-11); Ashwin Palnitkar (Pune) bt Poras Shah (Mumbai) 4-2(36-23, 38-12, 24-39, 11-33, 47-21, 45-08); Suraj Rathi (Pune) bt Shahyan Razmi (Mumbai) 4-3(27-41, 22-44, 49-24, 55-13, 32-22, 36-27); Amardeep Ghodke (Pune) bt Abhishek Bajaj (Mumbai) 4-3(09-36, 33-32, 00-39, 40-14, 21-51, 30-21, 54-09); Madhav Joshi (Pune) bt Tushar Sawadi (Pune) 4-3(35-17, 10-45, 29-22, 08-44, 41-09, 06-48, 32-22); Saad Sayyed (Pune) bt Nilesh Palnitkar (Pune) 4-1(36-01, 34-08, 28-24, 19-53, 40-01); Anant Mehta (Mumbai) bt Rohan Sahani (Mumbai) 4-2(21-31, 34-20, 36-19, 31-17, 16-48, 37-05); Rajwardhan Joshi (Pune) bt Nishad Choughule(Pune) 4-1(42-26, 32-19, 44-17, 20-29, 36-18); Madhav Joshi (Pune) bt Amardeep Ghodke (Pune) 4-1(37-05, 49-15, 22-37, 42-05, 29-17); Saad Sayyed (Pune) bt Siddhesh Mulay (Chiplun) 4-1(08-47, 53-06, 61(49)-09, 38-21, 35-23); Ajinkya Yelve (Mumbai) bt Anant Mehta (Mumbai) 4-3 (17-39, 39-09, 19-31, 34-15, 22-30, 28-18, 36-33).