Snooker: Foxes,Team Extreme enter main draw

Hustlers foxes blanked out Royal Aces 2-0. Aditya Gupte started his team off well and beat opponent Divyesh Inamdar 50-38 in the first game.

Inamdar came back in the next game to beat him 62-52 but Gupte managed a good victory in the last game,winning it 61-44. Sachin Ghorpade of Hustlers Foxes then recorded a comfortable win in the next game. He won it 60-17 and 58-23.

In the dead rubber,Vipul Parekh defeated Suraj Patil after the latter conceded victory.

In the next match,Team Extreme beat Cue Masters 2-1 in a tough encounter.

Team Extreme were off to a poor start as their cueist Sanket Waetherkar lost to Shree Sane of Cue Masters. After losing the first game 34-44,Sanket came back well and won the next one 67-50.

But in the end Sane showed his class and defeated his opponent 76-37 to win the opener. Sonu Kowojya of Team Extreme then got his team back in the game by defeating Amit Agarwal. Again it was Agarwal of Cue Masters who took the lead and the match tilted favour of his team. Agarwal won the first game 62-52,but Sonu showed real courage to get back into it and won the second game 69-34.

Taking confidence from this he won the next game 42-31 with ease. Akshay Vaidya then sealed the deal for Team Extreme,beating Aniruddha Sawant in two easy games 65-43,72-35.

Results:
Qualifying Rounds:
1. Hustlers Foxes bt Royal Aces 2-0 (Aditya Gupte bt Divyesh Inamdar 50-38,52-62,61-44; Sachin Dhopade bt Gaurav Wade 60-17,58-23; Vipul Parekh bt Suraj Patil 62-13,44-69,conceded);
2. Team Extreme bt Cue Masters 2-1 (Sanket Waetharkar lost to Shree Sane 34-44,67-50,37-76; Sonu Kowojya bt Amit Agarwal 52-62,69-34,42-31; Akshay Vaidya bt Aniruddha Sawant 65-43,72-35).