Cue Masters among top four

In the other quarterfinal, Selvel rode on to the brilliance of Siddharth Parekh.

Siddharth Parekh in action against Jayesh Salvi during his quarter-final match-up.

Selvel and Cue Masters A scored identical 2-1 wins to enter into the semifinals of the fifth edition of the RWITC Inter-Club Snooker Team championship at the Turf Club on Wednesday.

In the quarterfinals being played over a best of 5 frames format in singles and a best of three format in doubles, Viren Sharma did not get Cue Masters A off to the best of starts, losing tamely to Gaurav Jaisinghani 2-67, 35-76, 3-65. Sharma however, collected himself nicely when he paired up with Adtiya Agarwal to beat Jaisinghani and Kartikeya Sharma 68-37, 58-66, 59-40.

Aditya Agarwal then won his singles match-up against Kartikeya Sharma 15-14, 67-46, 70-38 after winning the first frame by default. He led 15-14 when Karteya Sharma missed an open ball on three attempts in trying to play safe forcing the referee to award the frame to Agarwal.

In the other quarterfinal, Selvel rode on to the brilliance of Siddharth Parekh, who made easy work of Jayesh Salvi in the singles. Parekh though lost the doubles match in company of Manav Panchal, who was later made to labour through four frames before winning against Sushant Khade 68-38, 10-55, 52-30, 60-26.

Results: Quarterfinals: Cue Masters A beat New Bombay Cueist 2-1 (Viren Sharma lost to Gaurav Jaisinghani 2-67, 35-76, 3-65; Viren Sharma and Aditya Agarwal bt Gaurav Jaisinghani and Kartikya Sharma 68-37, 58-66, 59-40; Aditya Agarwal bt Kartikya Sharma 15-14, 67-46, 70-38)

Selvel beat Green Baize 2-1 (Siddharth Parekh bt Jayesh Salvi 62-36, 78-19, 67-43; Siddharth Parekh and Manav Panchal lost to Jayesh Salvi and Sushant Khade 70-8, 12-71, 2-61; Manav Panchal bt Sushant Khade 68-38, 10-55, 52-30, 60-26)Pre-quarterfinals: Falcons beat Thane Terminators 2-1 (Yogesh Sharma lost to Prathamesh Sawant 43-64, 32-61;

Yogesh Sharma and Rovin D’souza bt Prathamesh Sawant and Abhishek Soparkar 61-48, 81-44; Rovin D’souza bt Abhishek Soparkar 59-11, 47-17) Selvel beat Deccan Gymkhana B 2-0 (Siddharth Parekh bt Amol Abdagiri 53-33, 85-42; Siddharth Parekh and Manav Panchal bt Gaurav Patange and Samar Khandelwal 60-06, 66-11).

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Green Baize beat MIG Club 2-0 (Jayesh Salvi bt Probdeep Singh 69-29, 59-64, 69-45; Sushant Khade and Jayesh Salvi bt Probdeep Singh and Nihad Chouvan 65-40, 78-52)

Deccan Gymkhana A beat Turf Club A 2-0 (Anupam Jha bt Zubin Registrar 52-39, 57-27; Anupam Jha and Satish Karad bt Zubin Registrar and Mazhar Taherbhoy 49-63, 98 (97 Anupam)-8, 63-17)

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