16 make it to main draw of North India Open snooker
As the qualifiers of the Tavas Infradevelopers’s 5th North India Open Snooker Tournament being organized by the Lucknow Cue Sports Association came to an end at the Green Baize Academy on Tuesday, 16 made it to the main draw in contrasting styles. The qualifying round witnessed 48 participants from Delhi, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Berially, Allhabad, Varanasi, Meerut, Moradabad and hosts Lucknow. The top quality of the players in the qualifiers was demonstrated by the fact that Shobit Pandey from Delhi hit a break of 87 in the second frame of his first match.
The main draw, which begins on Wednesday, will see reigning champion, Pushpender Singh from Uttarakhand, present India No 3 in Six Red Snooker being challenged by UP’s own and India No 3 15 Red Snooker star Malkeet Singh in action. Also in fray are No 1s of Chandigarh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and top players from Haryana, and Delhi. The sixteen who have advanced into the main draw include, Dilshad, Yash Jain, Rahul, Taran Agarwal, Rajeev Tilara, Sabih , Rominder, Himanshu , Fahad Salar, Gaurav Ahayat Ahmad and current state junior No 1 Mohd Arbas, Harshit Verma, Shobit Pandey and Himanshu Kukreti.