MUMBAI, MARCH 16: Fine breaks of 63 and 32 saw Yasin Merchant (handicap -5) score past Sameer Karia (+45) in the third round of the Anthony D'Cruz Open Handicap snooker tournament at the Catholic Gymkhana today. Merchant won 72-61, 99-55.In another hotly contested encounter, Homi Leher beat Robin Varghese (both playing with a handicap of +55) by two frames to one. The final score read 91-103, 120-95, 109-100 in favour of Leher.
Other results (3rd round): Homi Godrej (+50) bt Kuldeep Sawant (+60) 118-81, 115-80; Kaizad Fitter (+40) bt Melwyn Oliver (+50) 122-68, 104-100; L S Mhatre (+35) bt Malcolm Andrade (+55) 48-84,112-65; Gul Sarkar (+60) bt Tony Monteiro (+30) 91-110, 97-60, 109-50. 2nd : M Guria (+60) bt Melwyn Mascarenhas (+40) 68-116, 116-89,110-102; S Nizabat (+60) bt P Kulkarni (+60) 117-102, 109-117, 112-76.
Welingkar, Rizvi score: Welingkar (MMS) and Sydenham entered the semi-final of Impact'98. In the first quarter-final at MIG, Welingkar beat Sydenham (PGDBA) by 21 runs while Rizvi (MMS)scored a five-wicket win over MET (MMS).
Brief scores: Welingkar 119 in 27.3 overs (Akhilesh 30) bt Sydenham 98 (Ajay 32, Amit Kapoor 4-19)
Rizvi MET 150-9 in 30 overs (Pramod 55, Vishwajeet 4-24, Vikram 3-23) lost to Rizvi 151-5 in 29.2 overs (Vikram 64 n.o., Vishwajeet 34; Mayur 3-27)
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