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Twice Asian snooker champion Merchant went down to Akihil Patel who won 5-3 in an absorbing race-to-five racks encounter for the third big upset in the competition, after fancied Rovin D’Souza and Rishabh Thakkar lost on Sunday.
Patel’s joy was shortlived though, when Harish Mirchandani of Otters Club halted him in the second round after a fluent 5-1 win.
Joining Mirchandani in the third round were Arun Agrawal of Matunga Gymkhana and Faizal Fattani of Islam Gymkhana who registered easy wins.
Sunny Dawer of NSCI and Satbir Narula of CCI scored comfortable wins to advance to the second round.
Results (2nd Rd): Harish Mirchandani (Otters Club) bt Akhil Patel (Mumbai) 5-1; Faizal Fattani (Islam Gym) bt Mahavir Bhojni 5-2; Arun Agrawal (Matunga Gym) bt Hussain C 5-2. 1st Rd: Akhil Patel bt Yasin Merchant (Islam Gymkhana) 5-3; Sunny Dawer (NSCI) bt Ajit Kobnak (PJ Hindu) 5-2; Nishit Chandan (Matunga Gym) bt Allan M. Pinto (Mumbai) 5-3; Satbir Narula (CCI) bt Adnan (Islam Gym) 5-3.
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