Yasin downs Chandok; moves into third round of handicap snooker meet

Mumbai, May 25 (UNI) Yasin Merchant, twice Asian champion and winner of the last Islam Gymkhana handicap tourney, faced some awkward moments against Amritpal Chandok before entering the third round of the JVPGC All India Open Handicap Snooker Tournament for Viresh Prabhu trophy hosted by Juhu Vile Parle Gymkhana Club here today.

Yasin produced some classic potting in the deciding frame to settle the aspirations of his rival, who had the benefit of 60 points.

Amritpal was very excited at winning the first frame. But then Yasin overcame the margin by some quick small breaks in the second frame which helped him to forge ahead.

However, in the decider, Yasin was certainly in a fix as Amritpal was on 85 to Yasin's 52. with the help of a couple of fouls, Yasin narrowed the gap and then from 65 he just struck a purple patch to clean the table with an unfinished break of 22.

Another player to make his mark was Khar Gymkhana's Harish Mirchandani (+45), who was in awesome form as he put out Visnu Shirpurkar (+60), from JVPGC in double quick time. He won the first frame 127-79 with a break of 44 and then in the next, he just left his rival high and dry to beat 116-61.

Results: (2nd round): Manoj Kansare (+55) bt Nikhil Ootam (+20) 105-80, 87-48; Dilip Kamat (+40) bt Hasmukh Bharat (+60) 67-103, 105-83; Manjeet Singh (+55) bt Vilas Arondekar (+60) 107-71, 114-94; Vishnu Kedia (+55) bt Afsad Kelawala (+60) 109-81, 113-106; Dhru Sitwala (+15) bt Sandeep Teli (+55) 98-65,97-70; Nikhil Morani (+55) bt Tushar Sanghani (+70) 124-99, 116-88; Tony Monterio (+50) bt Sunil Shedge (+60) 68-114, 126(45)-98; 118-73; Neeta Sanghavi (+55) bt Suresh Hetamzuria (+55) 104-94, 107-92; Raza Merchant (+45) bt Satbir Narula (+60) 94-110, 127-93, 116-107.

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