City cueist Vishal Vaya continued with his impressive run of formon his way into the third round of the Rs 12.9 lakhs prize money CCI All India Open Snooker Championship here Thursday.
Vaya compiled a notable break of 76 during his 3-1 second round win over Aashit Pandya from Thane at the Cricket Club of India (CCI).
The former junior Indian player, who had fired a break of 60 in his first round win, maintained the winning momentum.
Vaya finished the match in style by stitching a neat run of 76, which bettered young Shahyan Razmi's highest break of 70 Wednesday, to wrap up the tie 93-31, 56-59, 61-29, 95-16.
Results (all from Mumbai unless stated otherwise) (1st round): Jaison Malhotra (Delhi) beat Mohit Khanchandani (Jaipur) 3-0 (81-37, 55-17, 79-35); Pratyush Somayajula beat Aditya Shandiliya 3-0 (62-12, 61-6, 53-36); Shubhojit Ro beat Ajay Chugani 3-0 (77-20, 53-42, 59-34); Sourabh Ayyagari (Pune) beat Pradyumna Mehendale (Pune) 3-1 (17-51, 34-25, 55-44, 63-33); Sahil Karnani (Thane) beat Darshan Shah 3-1 (58-18, 19-60, 39-31, 52-19); Poras Shah beat Manan Shah 3-1 (26-49, 67-60, 72-1, 72-31); Mohsin Achhava (Gujarat) beat Kishore Laungani 3-0 (63-19, 58-52, 75-45).
Round 2: Anand Raghuvanshi beat Rishi K (Thane) 3-1 (86-29, 69-27, 59-60, 58-18); Asutosh Padhye beat Chaitanya Singh (Bhopal) 3-0 (57-44, 65-38, 81-9); Rushabh Gohil beat Sanjay Gamre 3-1 (57-28, 29-58, 58-47, 64-28); Nabil Lakadawala beat Cherag Ramakrishnan3-1 (64-13, 47-9, 34-75, 62-16); Anuj Agarwal beat Dhawal Karia 3-1 (28-58, 61-21, 81-16, 68-22); Rovin D'souza beat Naveen Choure (Bhopal) 3-1 (50-14, 41-62, 57-4, 64-36); Pankaj Khatri (Nashik) beat Raj Rana 3-1 (50-57, 50-48, 68-41, 81-37); Piyush Limbad (Kolhapur) beat Anees Jumani 3-2 (60-27, 21-56, 78-48, 19-57, 73-55); Hitesh Kotwani beat Dhairyasheel Gaikwad (Aurangabad) 3-0 (47-9, 62-21, 49-22); Abimanyu Gandhi beat Nikhil Ghadge 3-0 (58-44, 82-34, 69-46); Vishal Vaya beat Aashit Pandya (Thane) 3-1 (93-31, 56-59, 61-29, 95-16).
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