Sumeet Ahuja produces late flourish to snatch victory

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Press Trust of India Mumbai
Last Updated : Mar 07 2018 | 10:45 PM IST
Sumeet Ahuja of Ulhasnagar produced a late flourish to record a come-from-behind 4-3 win against Pritipal Singh of Goregaon Sports Club in the first round best-of-7 frames match of the Matunga Gymkhana 6-Red Open Snooker Tournament hosted by Matunga Gymkhana here today.
Ahuja, trailing 1-3, suddenly struck form and started to strike the balls perfectly and steadily as he went on to pocket the last three frames on the trot to turn the tables on Pritipal clinching a well-deserved 21-51, 24-35, 36-11, 23-46, 48-8, 52-15 and 39-16 victory to make it to the second round.
Meanwhile, Naresh Sadarangani of Matunga Gymkhana enjoyed an easy first round as he defeated Rajendra S of Jolly Gymkhana 4-0 (29-6, 43-16, 37-7, 38-3).
Naman Agrawal of Shivaji Park Gymkhana faced quite a stiff challenge from Shubhojit Roy of NSCI before pulling through at 4-2 (33-23, 40-3, 8-28, 44-17, 10-33, 54(37)-23) in another first round encounter.
Results (1stround):Bhushan Sharma bt Karan Makwana (CRMI) 4-0 (36-24, 36-31, 51-12, 41-11; Vimal Thakkar (Dadar Club) bt Kiran Chhedha (DombivaliGymkhana) 4-0 (39-8, 27-12, 32-1, 53-46); Aditya Thakkar (Dombivali Gym) bt Sundeep Joshi (Matunga Gym) 4-2 (47-7, 21-58, 43-25, 27-14, 26-51, 50-5); Hasnain Ajani (Dadar Club) bt Ajay Thakar (Matunga Gym 4-0 (29-18, 30-17, 41-3, 32-8); Naresh Sadarangani (Matunga Gym) bt Rajendra S.
(Jolly Gym) 4-0 (29-6, 43-16, 37-7, 38-3); Usma Shaikh (Vashi) bt Karan Bakliwala (CR) 4-0 (41-13, 59-50, 37-17, 31-22); Juned Ravani (Vashi) bt Pralhad Dodhani (MPT) 4-1 (26-33, 33-20, 31-6, 35-12); Shahid Sayyed (Stic, Goregaon) bt Amit Thakkar (Matunga Gym) 4-0 (34-25, 35-1, 32-18, 22-21); Naman Agrawal (SPG) bt Shubhojit Roy (NSCI) 4-2 (33-23, 40-3, 8-28, 44-17, 10-33, 54(37)-23); Khushit Shah (Bhiwandi) bt Rajit Mehta (DC) 4-1 (26-10, 47-40, 41-9, 28-29, 55-42); Sumeet Ahuja (Ulhasnagar) bt Pritipal Singh (GSC) 4-3 (21-51, 24-35, 36-11, 23-46, 48-8, 52-15, 39-16).

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First Published: Mar 07 2018 | 10:45 PM IST

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