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In the closest contest of the day, Khubchandani squandered the lead on two occasions as Kanejia forced the decider in the best-of-five frames encounter.
In a neck-and-neck fifth and final frame, Khubchandani and Kanejia were tied at 54-54 before Khubchandani potted the black to pull off a pulsating 52-16, 41-77, 60-38, 33-64, 61-54 win.
In another thriller that went all the way to the wire, Meenal Thakur overcame a defiant Mohd. Mueen 46-48, 57-28, 46-32, 37-57, 50-44 with the final frame ending in another absorbing black ball finish.
In other close matches which saw formidable cueists surprisingly stretched, Khar Gymkhana's Harish Mirchandani was forced to rally to a 34-55, 67-30, 69-50, 76-35 win over Kunal Rokde, while Dhruv Sitwala of Petroleum Sports Promotion Board dropped the third frame before beating Amit Sapru 64-9, 56-16, 42-66, 67-32. In contrast, Shahbaz Khan of Kolkata raced to a fluent 114-5, 80-16, 69-2 win over G. Neeraj, with an impressive break of 69 in the opening frame being the feature of his win.
Results: Qualifiers: 2nd rd: Meenal Thakur bt Mohd. Mueen 46-48, 57-28, 46-32, 37-57, 50-44; Neeraj Kumar bt Abhishek S. 62-33, 58-15, 74-47; Deepak Khubchandani bt Rajat Kanejia 52-16, 41-77, 60-38, 33-64, 61-54; Shakil Ahmed bt Rahul P. 70-33, 54-8, 54-19; Harish Mirchandani bt Kunal Rokde 34-55, 67-30, 69-50, 76-35; Dhruv Sitwala bt Amit Sapru 64-9, 56-16, 42-66, 67-32; Abdul Rehman bt Magesh M. 40-66, 12-56, 47-44, 61-44, 68-40; Amit Saboo bt Joseph Menezes 70-15, 72-46, 83-36; Sandeep Jadhwani bt Sanjiv Chimnani 61-41, 39-54, 63-19, 60-21; Balaji Reddy bt Nikhil Ghadge 69-26, 23-32, 69-55, 54-38; Varun Taneja bt Raju Belani 69-24, 54-10, 73-10; Shahbaz Khan (Kolkata) bt Neeraj G. 114(69)-5, 80-16, 69-2; Nikhil Ootam bt Saket Saurabh 64-42, 68-25, 70-19; Hasan Badami bt Suraj Chhabria 58-41, 42-27, 55-7; Divya Sharma bt Harshendu Giri 69-50, 55-10, 47-61, 70-30; Rovin D'Souza bt Amal Mehta 69-32, 61-31, 58-38; Harish Pahuja bt Shivam Arora 31-96, 62-22; 58-45, 75-25.
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