Pune: Siddhant Phate, Vishal Kadam, Sumehr Mago were made to toil by their opponents before completing an odd frame in five (3-2) win and advance into Round-3 of the Deccan Gymkhana all-India Snooker Championship.
On a day when outstation cueists dominated proceedings, Siddhant (Royals) staged a two-frame comeback win over Nimish Kulkarni of PYC Gymkhana. Down 0-2, Siddhant did well to complete a 14-66, 49-73, 62-40, 53-41, 73-40 victory in style.
Results: (Round 2): Krish Gurbaxzni bt Alex Rego 66-14, 45-68, 64-43, 72-22; Vivek Umbarchand bt Sandeep Jaju 69-20, 51-37, 58-28; Gaurav Kasar bt Aamir Khan 64-53, 48-32, 61-32; Rishabh Thakkar) bt Arun Barve 55-37, 42-59, 65-35, 65-39; Rohan Sakalkar bt Kumar Shinde 57-11, 17-71, 58-34, 56-53; Yogesh Kumar bt Shrinivas Kasturi 68-35, 51(47)-40, 57-14; Anurag Giri bt Dinesh Mehtani 48-51, 72(63)-16, 60-04, 59-34; Amol Abdagiri bt Satish Karad 38-50, 56-11, 50-21, 63-32; Siddhant Phate bt Nimish Kulkarni 14-66, 49-73, 62-40, 53-41, 73-40; Vishal Kadam bt Vishal Rajani 48-6, 40-55, 61-2, 9-45, 56-10; Sunil Jain bt Devdatta Mahajan 80 (52)-14, 79-50, 99-10; Viren Sharma bt Amardeep Ghodke 33-69 (50), 60-36, 43-71, 69(51)-4, 74-9; Sumehr Mago bt Sushil Dhonsale 38-66, 52-43, 70-14, 50-59, 72-32; Siddhart Tembe bt Krunal Kadam 56-40, 34-50, 62-20, 61-22.