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Rehman snatched the opening frame in the best-of-five contest and warmed up with a good start. But an out-of-form Kapoor managed to draw level on two occasions as he clinched the second and fourth frames to force the decider.
Kapoor put behind his poor form and made a clearance in the crucial fourth after trailing by 22 points. But his challenge ended in the fifth as Rehman surged to a substantial 60-point lead with the colours still remaining.
In other close matches, Hitesh Kotwani and Rahul Narang also registered exciting 3-2 wins to enter the fourth round.
Sanjay Jhaveri of PJ Hindu Gymkhana ended the winning streak of Kekoo Nicholson of CCI with 60-31, 54-42, 63-20 win in another third round tie.
Nicholson had his moments in the second frame and could have stretched his formidable opponent. But Jhaveri held on and made a clearance from brown to black for a 2-0 lead before sealing the match.
Results:
(3rd Rd): Sarang Shroff (Mumbai) bt Kunal Rokade (Mumbai) 77-1, 113(72)-8, 30-64, 50-10; Aditya Agrawal (Bombay Gym) bt Shyam Kotak (PJ Hindu Gym) 57-48, 57-44, 50-11; Hitesh Kotwani (Mumbai) bt Varun Madan (New Delhi) 69-38, 46-65, 34-66, 66-40, 57-19; Mayur Sanghvi (Mumbai) bt V. Subramaniam (Matunga Gym) 45-82, 69-57, 24-61, 63-51, conceded; Abdul Rehma (Islam Gym) bt bt Amit Kapoor (New Delhi) 88-57, 44-50, 61-33, 40-45, 76-14; Rahul Narang bt Arvind Mishra (Lucknow) 64-73, 71-31, 71(46)-20, 39-65, 71-7; Balaji Reddy bt Rahul Berlia 61-16, 73-24, 30-62, 55-53; R. Girish bt NIlesh Nagpal (Lucknow) 59-37, 67-3, 58-21; Sanjay Jhaveri (PJ Hindu Gym) bt Kekoo Nicholson (CCI) 60-31, 54-42, 63-20; Pushpinder Singh (New Delhi) bt Shushrut Pandya (PJ Hindu Gym) 35-55, 60-31, 71-52, 68-8.
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