June 11, 2009 3:56:35 am
Prathamesh Sawant of Thane scored a 73-72,56-07 win over 24th seed Anthony DGama of Poona Goan Institute to register the first upset at the fourth edition of the Poona Club-Manisha Open and Invitational Snooker Championship 2009 at the Poona Club tables on Wednesday. Turf Clubs Zubin Registrar,seeded 11th in the event,scored two back-to-back wins. In the first match,he scraped past Chintamani Jadhav of Corner Pockets 95-12,61-66,50(34)-40,and in the second he beat Ishan Bhale of PYC Gymkhana 53-12,61-09.
Results: (League matches)
Divesh Inamdar (Deccan Gymkhana) bt Prasad Date (Hirabaug) 62-06,36-49,85-61; Zubin Registrar (Turf Club,S-11) bt Chintamani Jadhav (Corner Pockets) 95-12,61-66,50(34)-40; Zubin Registrar (Turf Club,S-11) bt Ishan Bhale (PYC) 53-12,61-09; Sameer Shaikh bt Norman Harry (PGI) 67-08,54-45; Nishad Chowghule (PYC,S-25) bt Suresh Vavhal (Panchashil Club) 55-23,64-29; Mayank Daga bt Sushil Bhosale (Hirabaug) 63-56,60-11; Sonu Gurudatta (Poona Club,S-15) bt Kunal Karanje (Horizon) 62-32,67-18; Siddharth Baran (Hustlers,S-21) bt Anant Rampure 41-52,51-17,60-06; Prathamesh Sawant (Thane) bt Anthony DGama (PGI,S-24) 73-72,56-07; Ashok Shetty (PYC) bt Amar Patil 58-24,55-22; Mohan Jagtap (Hustlers) bt Bipin Sankpal (PYF) 59-49,45-43; Jaydeep Khandekar (Deccan Gymkhana) bt Ravi Bodhani (Panchashil Club) 29-53,72-50,65-37.
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