Raghuvanshi recovers to advance into quarters

Hindu Gymkhana's Anand Raghuvanshi fought back and recovered from the brink of defeat to turn the tables on Vignesh Sanghvi of Pune by snatching a 4-3 win in a pre-quarter-final match of the BSAM Maharashtra State Senior Snooker & Billiards Selection (leg-2) Championship.

Sanghvi took the first two frames and after Raghuvanshi won the third, he won the fourth to come within a striking distance of clinching the match.

But, with a never-say-die attitude, Raghuvanshi showed tremendous fighting spirit and with some calculated play went on to pocket the last three frames to snatch a rewarding 37-52, 53-67, 54-43, 35-62, 70-21, 64-39 and 66-50 victory and a place in the last eight.

Sparsh Pherwani, winner of the first leg, Nikhil Ootam and Mukund Bharadia, all from the Cricket Club of India, advanced to the quarter-finals.

Results Pre-quarter-finals: Nikhil Ootam (CCI) beat Pankaj Khatri (Nashik) 4-1 (66-18, 59-51, 59-56, 47-61, 68-13);
Krieshh Gurbaxani (Khar Gym) beat Ajinkya Yelve (NSCI) 4-3 (66(60)-13, 29-69(36,32), 67-35, 54-58, 56-64, 62(33)-6, 53-25);
Yasin Merchant (Khar Gym) beat Rayaan Razmi (ECC) 4-3 (16-43, 67-38, 69(31)-59, 44-52, 92(50)-13, 36-37, 67-14);
Sparsh Pherwani (CCI) beat Anant Mehta (NSCI) 4-0 (80-05, 62-24, 77-01, 58-35);
Mayank Bhavsar (KVSC) beat Sumher Mago (Khar Gym) 4-1 (69(68)-8, 66(44)-11, 69(41)-09, 36-68, 71(35)-22);
Anand Raghuvanshi (Hindu Gym) beat Vignesh Sanghvi (Pune) 4-3 (37-52, 53-67, 54-43, 35-62, 70-21, 64-39, 66-50);
Mukund Bharadia (CCI) Beat Sanjay Gamre (Bombay Gym) 4-2 (72-29, 26-63, 66-31, 00-71(46), 66(61)-19, 63-34);