Jaisinghani, Serrao influence Dadar Club’s ride to quarters
Playing confidently Gaurav Jaisinghani was impressive with his potting, especially the long ones and with good support from teammate Carl Serrao, they played influential roles in Dadar Club ‘Fighters’ success and confirm their passage into the quarter-final round of the Otters Club BSAM Mumbai Z3-Snooker League, at Otters Club Billiards Room.
In a pre-quarter-final match, Dadar Club after an initial hiccup, managed to take control of the proceedings and cruised past MIG ‘Monks’ by a 3-1 margin.
The MIG Club team gained the early advantage when Prabdeep Singh (+40 handicap) managed to prevail over Luv Boricha (+40) by a slender 92-86 scoring the 15-red singles first frame.
In the second frame, a 9-red doubles tie, Jaisinghani in the company of Pankaj Vanjari (21 team handicap), made some bold long attempts and compiled a steady break of 29 as the Dadar Club team tamed the MIG doubles pair ofGaurav Prabhu and Nakul Parkar (+23) 69-28 to level the scores at 1-all.
Later, Serrao (+45) maintained Dadar Club’s winning momentum as he with some tactical play pulled off a close 110-97 win against Anuj Soni (+55) in the 15-red singles, third frame and turned the tide in his team’s favour.
Jaisinghani (+20) closed out the contest with another superb effort as he mixed aggression with caution to comfortably defeated Prabdeep Singh (+40) 100-63 in the fourth frame.
Dadar Club ‘Fighters’ will clash with Radio ‘Tigers’ for a place in the semi-finals. Results Pre-quarter-finals: Dadar Club ‘Fighters’ beat MIG ‘Monks’ 3-1 (Luv Boricha (+45) lost Prabdeep Singh (+40) 8692, Pankaj Vanjari/Gaurav Jaisinghani (+21) bt Gaurav Prabhu/Nakul Parkar (+23) 69-28, Carl Serrao (+45) bt Anuj Soni (+55) 110-97, Gaurav Jaisinghani (+20) bt Prabdeep Singh (+40) 100-63).