Mota, D'Souza advance in Malabar Hill Club Mah Selection tourney

Mumbai, Nov 20 (UNI) Shravan Mota of Nagpur and Mumbai's Rovin D'Souza fashioned fluent second round wins in the Malabar Hill Club Maharashtra State Selection Billiards&Snooker Tournament at the Malabar Hill Club today.

Mota ended Khaim Talib's run with a 69-9, 58-9 win in the best-of-three frames sub junior snooker second round, while D'Souza stopped Siddharth Khemani with a 91-24, 42-11 win.

In a close first round tie, Karan Chugh endured a surprise challenge from ninth grader Nikhil Ghadge, who was playing his maiden competition, before surging to an exciting 50-40, 29-59, 63-41 win.

Results: Sub Jr Snooker (2nd Round): Shravan Mota bt Khaim Talib 69-9, 58-9; Rovin D'Souza bt Siddharth Khemani 91-24, 42-11.

(1st Round): Karan Chugh bt Nikhil Ghadge 50-40, 29-59, 63-41; S Sogani bt J Dhingroo 68-8, 39-14; Siddharth Khemani bt Karan Pandya 25-66, 54-21, 53-32; Ishan Bhale bt Shreeyash Saboo 35-47, 76-19, 57-17; Ankit Thakker bt N Chandra 58-19, 39-46, 32-23; Kazaan Talib bt D Shahani 39-30, 61-9; Khaim Talib bt S Shirodkar 55-16, 58-16; Adiya Mehta bt Varun Vasant 52-28, 55-50; A Kejriwal bt A Lohade 58-33, 61-33; P Dhanraj bt A Afsaad 54-7, 57-34; D. Minawala bt Z Shroff 58-38, 59-36.

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