Anupam Korti and Shubhan Bokde won exciting matches in the ongoing Rahul Pund Memorial Snooker Tournament on Sunday.
In the first match, Anupam Korti and Piyush Dekate played out a deciding frame where, Piyush had a lead of 24 points on the brown ball. But Anupam snookered Piyush on a couple of occasions to come back in the match. Anupam potted the pink ball to win the match 2-1.
In another exciting encounter, Shubham Bokde faced a tough opponent in Abhishek Khandeshwar. Abhishek made a strong comeback from one frame down to take the match into a decider frame. Abhishek needed to pot one ball but Shubham pounced back by potting all the four balls to win the match 2-1. Shlok Agrawal displayed excellent game play with a combination of good safety and potting as he outclassed Amjat Khan who hails from MP to win the game 2-0.
Results
Anupam Korti bt Piyush Dekate 2-1 (49-41, 34-47, 64-56); Shubham Bokde bt Abhishek Khandeshwar 2-1 (63-22, 34-59, 63-50); Sameer Jagtap bt Sachin Choudhary 2-1 (55-20, 35-47, 48-19); Chaitanya Joshi bt Sandeep Dehadrai 2-1 (61-16, 33-45, 43-35); Shlok Agrawal bt Amjat Khan 2-0 (76-51, 59-19); Utkarsh Madavi vs Mangesh Mallelwar 2-0 (44-37, 52-23); Akash Joshi bt Khandelwal 2-1 (36-48, 67-32, 71-43); Pratik Thakre bt Subhodh Jawade 2-0 (45-35, 50-7); Swarup Pokhale bt Nikhil Jain 2-0 (68-11, 73-24)