Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Oct 22
Underdog Abhishek Goswami in a first major upset of the ongoing 17th state billiards and snooker championship today defeated the defending senior snooker champion Umar Farooq 3-2 to advance into the third round of the junior snooker championship at Billiards Hall, here.
Although it was a tough task to beat Umar but the tough man in Abhishek maintained his cool and won the deciding fifth frame potting the black and won the match 3-2. The score: 51-19, 4-59, 44-35, 33-44, 48-46.
In other matches of the day, Abhishek Pathania, Y Singh, Dilawar, Mayur, Mudassar and Nikhil Kapahi made it into the next round winning the respective games.
The detailed results: Abhishek Pathania bt Vinit 3-0 (64-24, 63-15, 50-8); Y Singh bt Dheeraj 3-1 (47-42, 59-40, 41-51, 85-36); Dilawar bt Parul 3-1 (31-54, 54-16, 67-34, 55-23); Mayur bt Fahad Handoo 3-1 (55-41, 68-59, 57-60, 52-43); Mudassar bt Rajat Khanna 3-2 (33-58, 60-33, 43-46, 67-44, 79-16); Nikhil Kapahi got walkover Vikas Gupta; Abhishek Goswami bt Umar Farooq 3-2 (51-19, 4-59, 44-35, 33-44, 48-46). |
