Menezes forges ahead

OCTOBER 11: Anthony Menezes overcame a two-frame deficit to upstage Gautam Kshatriya and move ahead in the first round of the NSCI Open Snokker Tournament qualifiers at the NSCI today.

Menezes, who trailed Kshatriya 47-48, 42-50 in the first two frames staged a fine rally to claim the next three frames and the match. He eventually won 47-48 42-50 43-24 66-41 69-36.

Results 1st round qualifiers: Raju Adani bt Rohanton Daruwala 3-1 31-46 59-25 74-26 82-21; Satish Amarnath lost to Anuj Uppal 2-3 45-53 28-68 61-42 74-31 22-58; Harjinder Nagi bt Vivek Kapoor 3-1 56-8 59-20 52-61 62-50; Anthony Menezes bt Gautam Kshatriya 3-2 47-48 42-50 43-24 66-41 69-36; Chintan Jhaveri bt Amir Habib 3-0 47-46 70-15 70-7; Manish Adnani bt Tejas Ganatra 3-0 87-33 70-21 46-39; Chandu Shah bt Sandeep Chawla 3-2 72-17 47-57 53-39 40-56 59-44; Rakesh Trivedi bt Sumit Gupta 3-0 72-19 49-25 69-36; Viresh Prabhu bt Sangeeta Hemchand 3-0 55-53 77-31 73-20; Anish Sareen bt Susheel Tejuja 3-0 69-21 60-3842-27; Vicky Jagtiani bt Denzil Oliver 3-1 69-60 57-60 76-63 65-51