Anant, Sagar make it to 32-player draw
MUMBAI: NSCI cueists Anant Mehta and Sagar Desai registered hard-fought wins to advance into the 32-player snooker main draw of the BSAM Maharashtra State Senior Snooker & Billiards Selection (leg-2) Championship here.
Mehta got the better of Suraj Rathi of Otters Club by a narrow 3-2 (58-31, 66-53, 38-73, 13-54 and 74-43) margin at the Bombay Gymkhana billiards room on Friday. Desai, on othe other hand, managed to pip fancied Taaha Khan of Punea with a 3-2 (61-47, 63-25, 22-80, 52-73, 50-33) margin. Results (snooker qualifying rd 3): Abhishek Bajaj (Bombay Gym) beat Sumit Saldurkar (KVSC) 3-2 (31-49, 7652, 67-44, 27-60, 70-29); Poras Shah (Matunga Gym) beat Hitesh Kotwani (Hindu Gym) 3-0 (65-28, 53-16, 64-23); Anant Mehta (NSCI) beat Suraj Rathi (Otters Club) 3-2 (58-31, 66-53, 38-73, 1354, 74-43); Ajinkya Yelve (NSCI) beat Sumehr Mago (Khar Gym) 3-2 (30-65, 67-26, 37-29, 16-61, 54-51); Sagar Desai (NSCI) beat Taaha Khan (Pune) 3-2 (6147, 63-25, 22-80, 52-73, 50-33).
CENTRAL BANK DOWN UNION BANK
A determined Central Bank of India rode on a solitary strike from Deepak Pal to beat Union Bank of India 1-0 in an Elite Division encounter of the Rustomjeemdfa League, at the Cooperage ground, here on Friday. RESULTS (Elite Div): Central Bank of India 1 (Deepak Pal) beat Union Bank of India 0; DIV-II: Worli SC 3 (Baghvan Nambirajan 3) bt The Soccer Academy 1 (Kush Wadhwa); Juhu Strikers 2 (Sushant Chakaravati, Ronak Brahbhatt) beat Companeroes SC 1 (Sheldon Miranda); Dadar XI 3 (Tanmay Noronha 2, Roland Rodrigues) beat Supreme FC 2 (Arunkumar Kanojia, Jolton Fernandes).
KIRTANE, KAPADIA IN LINE FOR DOUBLE
Nitin Kirtane and Gaurav Kapadia entered the finals in Plus 35 and plus 45 singles categories respectively in the Khar Gymkhana-maharashtra State Veterans Tennis Tournament. RESULTS (SEMI-FINALS)
Men (+35) singles: Nitin Kirtane bt Mangela Gajju 6-1, 6-0; Imran Yusoof bt Sandeep Pawar 6-2,6-3; Men (+45) singles: Gurav Kapadia bt Abhijit Agnihotri 6-2, 6-1; Neelkanth Damre bt Pravin Jadhav 6-2,6-2.