Rashid rocks on at State Snooker

Rashid, Mohammed Afzal, Kalyan and Mushtaq shone in the senior snooker category at the Telangana State Ranking Snooker & Billiards Championship being played at the Telangana Cue Sports Association premises at Khajaguda on Tuesday.

In the third round, Rashid packed off Phanji

3-1 (30-55, 60-25, 52-16, 6229), Afzal nailed Naresh Kumar 3-1 (56-38, 69-33, 6429, 63-20), Kalyan blanked Aziz 3-0 (56-15, 55-22,

106[56]-16) and Mushtaq mauled Arveen Banne 3-0

(61-32, 68[61]-11, 89-55), which included a fine break of 61.

THE RESULTS Senior Snooker third round: Rashid bt Phani Raj

3-1 (30-55, 60-25, 52-16,

62-29); Md Afzal bt Naresh Kumar 3-1 (56-38, 69-33,

64-29, 63-20); Kalyan bt Aziz 3-0 (56-15, 55-22,

106[56]-16); Mushtaq bt Arveen Banne 3-0 (61-32,

68[61]-11, 89-55); Himanshu bt Sandeep 3-0 (63-27, 7321, 66-26); Nabil bt Ziaullah Khan 3-0 (60-6, 61-42, 4337); Rizwan bt Saad Salman

3-0 (43-32, 53-50, 64-51); Yashasvi bt Prem 3-0 (6932, 60-26, 65-23); Md

Saleem bt P. Avinash 3-0

(60-24, 57-36, 61-31); Khaleel Pasha bt Khaleel Feroze 3-2 (45-59, 41-43,

86-40, 61-26, 64-34); Arvind bt Riyaz 3-1 (47-77,

66-42, 87-2, 58-13); John Bosco bt Faisal 3-0 (50-0,

69-16, 67-20); Clinton bt Mubashir Ahmed 3-0 (6014, 78-48, 63-24); Mithra bt Abdul Ghazi 3-1 (73-11,

65[50]-10, 48-66, 49-42); Vishwanath bt Aslam 3-0

(54-49, 62-59, 65-52); Junaid Azhar bt R. Avinash

3-2 (55-44, 46-76, 42-49,

55-41, 61-21); Murali bt Naresh 3-2 (46-20, 28-43,

26-67, 52-35, 71-41); Balakrishna bt Dev Pal 3-2

(37-78[56], 36-69, 69-14,

60-47, 67-22); Brandon bt Prashanth 3-1 (62-21, 68-26,

46-68, 64-25); Ajay Bushan bt Abhishikth 3-2 (15-61,

49-59, 60-48, 72-25, 4739); Syed Ahmed bt Vibhas 3-1 (69-35, 5276[56], 65-10, 65-15); Bharath bt Saurav 3-2 (2651, 57-28, 44-58, 74-44, 8035)

Senior Snooker second round: Rashid Qureshi bt Abhilash 3-1 (30-63, 50-13,

59-15, 59-43); Vishwanath Reddy bt Kishan Kumar 3-2

(73-25, 22-81, 31-50, 66-11,

79-1); Yashasvi bt Sadiq Naqvi 3-1 (63-10, 40-60,

73-43, 56-44); Pragnesh bt Abdul Salman 3-2 (52-20,

56-41, 27-64, 35-54, 62-11).