Razmi, Merchant qualify for main draw

MUMBAI: Elphinstone CC’S Rayaan Razmi and former two-time Asian Snooker champion Yasin Merchant of Khar Gymkhana easily won their respective third and final snooker qualifying round matches in the BSAM Maharashtra State Senior Snooker & Billiards Selection (leg-2) Championship at the Bombay Gymkhana billiards room, here on Wednesday.

The 16-year-old Rayaan potted fluently to outshine Sagar Patne of Thane and cruised to a 3-0 victory in the best-of-5-frame tie to qualify for the main draw.

Yasin tamed Yogesh Kute of Vashi 3-0 to qualify for the main draw as well.

RESULTS

Snooker qualifying (Round-3): 52-31); Yogesh Sharma (Pune) beat Walter Vaz (Bombay Gymkhana) 3-1 (49-11, 48-21, 32-59, 66-44); Rayaan Razmi (ECC) beat Sagar Patne (Thane) 3-0 (53-12, 62-29, 73(39)-47).

KHILADI CONNECT, SAGAR SC TRIUMPH

Khiladi Connect and Sagar SC charged to fluent wins in their respective second division matches of the Rustomjee-mdfa League 2018-2019 at the St Xavier’s ground, Parel here on Wednesday.

Khiladi Connect rode on Shahzan Baig’s twin strikes to blank Athens XI 3-0 while Sagar SC prevailed over ICL under-19 by a 3-1 margin with striker Bhagwan Patil netting home a brace. RESULTS

(Division II): Sagar SC 3 (Bhagwan Patil 2, Roshan Jadhav) bt ICL Under-19 1 (Adveya Male); Khiladi Connect 3 (Shahzan Baig 2, Mahadev Mundane) bt Athens XI 0; Sirf Keval 1 (Ashish Kavilkar) drew with Sporting Options 1 (Suraj Mohite).