Mumbai youngster Shahyan Razmi of Radio Club showed plenty of promise and good potting skills as he went to record a commendable 3-1 win against Yogesh Sharma of Pune in a best-of-five frame first round match of the Rs 12.25 lakh prize-money CCI All India Open Snooker Championship 2018, win, at the CCI’s Wilson Jones Billiards Room.
12-year-old Shahyan Razmi showed good touch to overcome Pune’s Yogesh Sharma 3-1 in a first round match of the Rs 12.25 lakh prize-money CCI All India Open Snooker Championship 2018.
The 12-year-old Shahyan, a class seven student of St. Mary’s ISC Schools, Mazagon, played confidently and steadily to cut down to size his senior rival from Pune. The left-handed Shahyan easily won the first frame, but seemed to have lost his focus in the second, which Sharma won comfortably. However, Shahyan, quickly regained his composure and went on to pocket the next two frames to complete a well-deserved 77-29, 9-68, 60-22, 61-51 victory and a passage to the second round.
Sidhraj Shah of Cricket Club of India looked completely comfortable playing on his home tables and quickly deposed off Pune’s Chintamani Jadhav win in straight frame 3-0 (59-39, 64-51, 48-10) in another first round contest.
Meanwhile outstation cueists, Liyakat Ali Shaikh from Solapur and Siddhesh Mulay from Chiplun, both enjoyed successful first round outings. Shaikh was in complete control against Jaydeep Soni of Gujarat and posted a 3-0 (53-9, 78-23, 76-16) win, while Mulay also had things much his own way and easily defeated Sachit Jamgaonkar of Pune 3-0 (64-26, 61-35, 62-33) to advance to the second round.
In another match, Harmehr Mago of Khar Gymkhana recovered well after dropping the first frame to put it across Hitesh Kotwani of Hindu Gymkhan by a 3-1 margin. Mago taking time to get into his groove lost the opening frame, but bounced back well to win the next three on the trot to clinch a 34-75, 54-30, 60-28, 59-35 win.
Results – 1st round: Ibrahim Sheikh (Borvali) bt Veer Singh Nagi (JVPG) 3-0 (56-28, 52-29, 53-28); Harmehr Mago (Khar Gym) bt Hitesh Kotwani (Hindu Gym) 3-1 (34-75, 54-30, 60-28, 59-35); Shahyan Razmi (Radio Club) bt Yogesh Sharma (Pune) 3-1 (77-29, 9-68, 60-22, 61-51);, Viren Sharma (BSAA) bt Sumit Saldulkar 3-1 (45-42, 65-43, 37-65, 62-43); Puneet Thakkar bt Vishal Rajani (Pune) 3-2 (80-6, 72-35, 36-60, 55-58, 55-24); Rajwardhan Joshi bt Bharat Mandhan (Jalgoan) 3-0 (67-5, 56-45, 54-31); Sidhraj Shah (CCI) bt Chintamani Jadhav (Pune) 3-0 (59-39, 64-51, 48-10); Vaibhav Waingade (Kharghar) bt Abhishek Doshi (Parel) 3-2 (54-61, 16-58, 60-23, 79-32, 61-39); Kartikeye Sharma (Vashi) bt Sameer Gupta (CCI) 3-0 (54-19, 54-30, 66-23); Neel Vathlani (Malabar Hill Club) bt Merzi Screwala (Parsee Gym) 3-2 (25-59(51), 58-43, 48-68, 61-32, 35-11); Liyakat Ali Shaikh (Solapur) bt Jaydeep Soni (Gujarat) 3-0 (53-9, 78-23, 76-16); Siddhesh Mulay (Chiplun) bt Sachit Jamgaonkar (Pune) 3-0 (64-26, 61-35, 62-33); Sagar Desai bt Shubham Bokade (Nagpur) 3-1 (66-61, 13-51(40), 64-51, 63-9).