MUMBAI, October 12: Host club's Vijay Mirani stunned favourite Shakeel Ahmed of Calcutta on the second day of NSCI Open Snooker qualifying rounds at the NSCI Billiards Room today.In a see-saw battle that went all the way to full five frames, Mirani overcame a tough challenge by Ahmed winning 40-64, 58-20, 49-38, 7-64, 52-19.
RESULTS (QUALIFYING -- DAY TWO)
Rajat Taneja bt Gunjan Narang 3-0 (50-18, 53-33, 56-15); Ritesh Shah bt Anup Kedia 3-0 (51-37, 81-16, 76-42); Siddharth Parekh bt Jimmy Cardmaster 3-0 (72-10, 85-22, 81-33);
Ramesh Sadarangani bt Aftab Shivdasani 3-2 (43-57, 51-40, 14-54, 72-39, 75-43); Mahesh Jagdale bt Gurudasshan Uppal 3-1 (69-25, 42-64, 61=19, 42-21; Sumer verma bt Rehan Sheikh 3-1 (75-63, 59-44, 46-57, 92-41);
Farhad Tengra bt Jay Jhaveri 3-1 (45-63, 54-19, 62-19, 62-19); Nikhil Ootam bt Manau Panchal 3-0 (88-37, 75-38, 74-18); Prakash Karande bt Vishnu Kedia 3-0 (61-27, 56-43, 62-50); Dhruv Sitwala bt Sanjay Mirani 3-1 (57-18, 74-45, 43-58, 50-13);
K Nicholson btNeeran Choudhary 3-2 (77-26, 34-54, 34-47, 57-28, 44-23); Lionel D'Souza bt K Fitter 3-2 (43-40, 0-84), 38-51, 53-46, 41-32); Nishant Dossa bt P Choudhary 3-1 (61-35, 35-56, 82-40, 45-34);
Vijay Mirani bt S Ahmed 3-2 (40-64, 58-20, 49-38, 7-64, 52-19).
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