Ketan Chawla sprang a big surprise eliminating Malkeet Singh in a round of 32 match of the Rs.32 lakh prize money NSCI Baulkline 4.0 all India snooker tournament at the NSCI Dome on Wednesday.
In deficit at 2-3, Chawla produced a classic display to turn the tables on the fancied Malkeet Singh 5-3, winning three frames in a row in the match set to nine frames.
Mohammed Hussain Khan of Railways also tasted success defeating Gaurav Jaisinghani 5-1 to advance to the next round. Elsewhere, E. Pandurangiah showed his class while putting it across Anand Mehta and Himanshu Jain beat A.Mudasir.
The results – R32: Md. Hussain Khan bt Gaurav Jaisinghani 5-1 (55-64, 65-64, 61-62, 66 -14, 66-13, 56-21, 67-27); Himanshu Jain bt A. Mudasir 5-2 (64-6, 81 -11, 8-78, 67 -46, 40-68 , 86-47, 63-17); E. Pandurangiah bt Anant Mehta 5-1 (66-1, 14-64, 70-29, 100 (92)-4, 59-66, 73-28); Ketan Chawla bt Malkeet Singh 5-3(42-72, 86 -5, 63-50, 21 -68, 11-59, 73 -0, ,60 -25, ,51-32).