Pune: Former state snooker champion and top seeded Hassan Badami and second seeded Manav Panchal, Pune’s Shivam Arora and Mumbai’s Shahbaz Khan entered the semifinals at the BSAM 6 Red Snooker State Selection Tournament being played at Poona Club on Tuesday.
In the quarterfinals, Shivam Arora stomped Madhav Joshi 47-00, 44-24, 40-00, 41-15, 46-17 in an all Pune clash.
Top seeded Hassan Badami of Mumbai was given a fight by Pune’s Abhishek Bora 4-41, 27-38, 32-22, 63-21, 38-16, 44-4, 32-7. Meanwhile Manav Panchal stopped the winning run of Sanket Mutha 12-42, 47-00, 39-29, 61-5, 58 (58)-00, 34-18. In the last quarterfinal, Shahbaz Khan was stretched by Pune’s Taha Khan 33-14, 32-27, 24-26, 40-33, 54-10, 27-35, 42-11.
Results
Quarterfinals: Shivam Arora (Pune) bt Madhav Joshi (Pune) 5-0 (47-00, 44-24, 40-00, 41-15, 46-17); Hassan Badami (Mumbai) bt Abhishek Bora (Pune) 5-2 (4-41, 27-38, 32-22, 63-21, 38-16, 44-4, 32-7); Manav Panchal (Mumbai) bt Sanket Mutha (Mumbai) 5-1 (12-42, 47-00, 39-29, 61-5, 58 (58)-00, 34-18); Shahbaz Khan (Mumbai) bt Taha Khan (Pune) 5-2 (33-14, 32-27, 24-26, 40-33, 54-10, 27-35, 42-11).
Knockout Round: Taha Khan (Pune) bt Rohan Kothare (Pune) 5-3 (8-41, 38-27, 00-(53) 53, 36-4, 65-22, 40-00, 23-35, 44-4); Abhishek Bora (Pune) bt Rajeev Sharma (Mumbai) 5-0 (57-26, 48-20, 40-19, 35-8, 47-36); Madhav Joshi (Pune) bt Rohan Sakalkar (Pune) 5-1 (14-51, 52-5, 32-27, 37-16, 46-4, 40-37); Hasan Badami (Mumbai) bt Ajinkya Yelve (Mumbai) 5-0 (47-29, 39-00, 64-12, 44-12, 41-22); Sanket Mutha (Mumbai) bt Raayan Razmi (Mumbai) 5-3 (30-18, 52-00, 49-18, 00-44, 39-42, 6-35, 45-1, 45-19); Manav Panchal (Mumbai) bt Ashwin Palnitkar (Pune) 5-1 (36-18, 61-17, 1-30, 35-15, 41-5, 38-3).
