Mumbai cueist Abhishek Bajaj compiled a tournament-high break of an unfinished 83 in the CCI All India Open Snooker Championship on Friday.
Bajaj's 83 break is currently the highest in the tournament surpassing Vishal Vaya's 76 effort on Thursday.
He was given a fright by 13-year-old city rival Shahyan Razmi before winning 3-2 in a tense and nail-biting second round encounter.
He won 74-18, 30-85(35), 59-43, 10-52, 67-51 to book a place in the third round.
Shahyan's elder brother Rayaan also fell by the wayside, going down tamely to Nashiks Pankaj Khatri 0-3 in another second round contest.
Results (all from Mumbai unless stated otherwise): Round 1: Avinash Kumar (Delhi) beat Chetan Chabbria 3-0 (71-15, 60-11, 69-62); R Santosh Kumar (Karnataka) beat Vaibhav Pandey (Delhi) 3-1 (42-56, 67-7, 83(57)-7, 67-22); Nitesh Madan beat Mukesh Chawla 3-0 (95(45)-1, 77-8, 89(50)-24); Abhishek Bajaj beat Sharad Kumar (Delhi) 3-1 (69-37, 15-60, 66-7, 83(83)-0).
Round 2: Hitesh Kotwani beat Sourabh Ayyagari (Pune) 3-0 (62(43)-15, 73(35)-11, 75-35); Siddhart Tembe (Pune) beat Rohan Shah 3-2 (11-58, 39-62, 63-30, 62-32, 62-31); Mohsin Achhava (Gujarat) beat Anurag Bagri 3-2 (67-29, 52-49, 54-61, 52-63, 54-20); Sumit Saldurkar beat Prashant C 3-1 (70-28, 46-36, 49-74, 47-36); Jaison Malhotra (Delhi) beat Omkar Gore (Raigad) 3-2 (29-59, 19-54, 44-58, 63-17, 64-17).
Kaniskh Janjaria beat Alex Rego (Pune) 3-2 (31-59, 67-69, 62-20, 72-22, 39-1); Abhishek Bajaj beat Shahyan Razmi 3-2 (74-18, 30-85(35), 59-43, 10-52, 67-51(43)); Pankaj Khatri (Nashik) beat Rayaan Razmi 3-0 (61-39, 62-55, 59-54); Anas Ali (Surat) beat Sumair Singapuri 3-1 (55-11, 68-34, 60-62, 71-37); Loukic Pathare (Railways) beat Altamash Saifi (Pune) 3-2 (17-74, 64-36, 56-46, 45-58, 91-0); Rovin DSouza beat Shubhojit Roy 3-2 (36-72, 49-61, 63-27, 69-30, 47-29).
Mayank Bhavsar beat Raajeev Sharma 3-1 (63-22, 34-59, 61-28, 63-28); Maaz Chakkiwala (Surat) beat Kartikeye Sharma 3-2 (32-54, 70-62, 24-58, 62-20, 59-29); Sidraj Shah beat Samar Khandelwal (Pune) 3-2 (49-61, 68-41, 16-77(53), 59-29, 59-22).
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