Arun compiles break of 95 to enter round two

Karnataka's M S Arun hit the high notes as he brought off a break of 95 to breeze past Swapnil Patil of Maharashtra 3-0 in a first round match of the CCI All India Open Snooker Championship here on Saturday.

Arun's tournament-high break bettered the 83 done by Abhishek Bajaj and helped him notch up a 67-16, 95-30, 76-23 victory over the Aurangabad-based Patil at the Cricket Club of India.

Mumbai's Nitesh Madan also impressed as he rolled in two notable breaks of 49 and 78 to blank city rival Harmehr Mago 3-0 to enter round three.

Results (all from Mumbai unless stated otherwise) Round 1: Shiva Sharma (Andhra Pradesh) beat Khushit Shah 3-0; Saad Sayed beat K Venkatesham 3-0; M S Arun (Karnataka) beat Swapnil Patil (Aurangabad) 3-0; Raj Khandwala beat Joseph Menezes 3-1 (59-24, 61-29, 51-62, 70-37); Dhaval Gadhvi beat Nilesh Sagar 3-0; Hanish Sharma (Delhi) beat Rohan Kothare (Aurangabad) 3-2; R Loganathan (Tamil Nadu) beat Ajinkya Yelve 3-1; Luv Kukreja (Delhi) beat Sahil Dhiren Shah 3-1; Sagar Desai beat Luv Boricha 3-0; Mitang Soni beat Sheikh Zubair 3-1.

Round 2: Nitesh Madan beat Harmehr Mago 3-0; Avinash Kumar (Delhi) beat Viren Sharma (Pune) 3-1; Arun Kumar (Thane) beat Dhaval Gadhvi (Pune) 3-1; Hanish Sharma (Delhi) beat Sagar Desai 3-1; Poras Shah beat Selvel Samuel 3-1; Manoj Nandwani (Thane) beat Vijay Nichani (Pune) 3-1.(84-39, 43-73, 44-33, 61-18);