Aditya Shandilya amply proved that he a chip of the old block with a creditable come from behind 4-2 victory against Rushabh Gohil in a first round match of the Baulkline 4.0 All-India Snooker tournament, organized by NSCI and played at their premises on Monday.
Down by two frames Aditya, son of former World billiards champion Ashok Shandilya, showed a strong fighting spirit and with a couple of tidy breaks won the next four on the trot to pull off a satisfying win.
In a keenly contested encounter, Arivind Goud clinched a hard-fought 4-3 win against Jay Tollawala. In a match of fluctuating fortunes, Goud produced match-winnin effort of 61 in the deciding frame to seal his win.
In contrast, Hritik Jain things his own was smoothly cruised to 4-0 win against Chintan Patel.
Results: Hitesh Maloo beat Kersi Aga 4-2 (74-38, 2-72, 44-57, 69-19, 67-49, 71-31);
Arvind Goud beat Jay Tollawala 4-3 (20-66, 52-60, 65-52, 55-43, 9-67, 71-16, 76(61)-33);
Hritik Jain beat Chintan Patel 4-0 (71(51)-40, 76-39, 73-28, 77-5);
Aditya Shandilaya beat Rushabh Gohil 4-2 (21-56, 31-43, 62-18, 72-71, 83-0, 65-10).