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D’Souza snatched two racks in the race-to-five but could not prevent Dhanraj from surging to a 5-2 win in one of the biggest upsets of the day.
In another upset, Faizal Fatani of Islam Gymkhana overcame formidable Rishabh Thakkar 5-2 to advance to the second round.
Fancied Mahesh Jagdale of North Indian Association fashioned a fluent 5-0 win over Dushant Sahani of Radio Club to warm up for sterner tests ahead.
Jagdale took a 3-0 lead and snatched the fourth rack with a brilliant clearance from the break. Sahani could have pulled one back in the fifth but he failed to pot the ninth ball before Jagdale returned to seal the issue.
Hasan Badami of Islam Gymkhana became the first player to enter the third round following an exciting 5-3 win over formidable Otters Club marker Samuel Selven.
Joining Badami in the third round was Avinash D who beat Reza Merchant of Islam Gymkhana by the same margin.
Results: (2nd Rd): Hasan Badami (Islam Gym) bt Samuel Selven (Otters Club) 5-3; Avinash D bt Reza Merchant 5-3. 1st Rd: Dhanraj bt Rovin D’Souza 5-2; Faizal Fatani (Islam Gym) bt Rishabh Thakkar 5-2; Harish Mirchandani (Otters Club) bt Gunmeen Kohli 5-2; Vinay Voob (Garware Club) bt Bharat Visanji 5-1; Sunil Jain (Garware Club) bt Arjun Tejwani 5-2; Mohit Lalwani bt Mohd. Salim (Islam Gym) 5-3; Manoj Kasare bt Sushrut Pandya (PJ Hindu Gym) 5-2; Kishore Lavangani (Khar Gym) bt Danish Motorwala 5-1; Avinash bt Karan 5-1; Mahesh Jagdale (North Indian Assn) bt Dushant Sahani (Radio Club) 5-0; Deepak Lutharia bt Angad Batti 5-2; Dakshesh Shah bt Hatim Kothari 5-1.
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