Mirani pulls off upset

MUMBAI, October 12: Host club8217;s Vijay Mirani stunned favourite Shakeel Ahmed of Calcutta on the second day of NSCI Open Snooker qualifying rounds at the NSCI Billiards Room today.

In a see-saw battle that went all the way to full five frames, Mirani overcame a tough challenge by Ahmed winning 40-64, 58-20, 49-38, 7-64, 52-19.

RESULTS QUALIFYING 8212; DAY TWO

Rajat Taneja bt Gunjan Narang 3-0 50-18, 53-33, 56-15; Ritesh Shah bt Anup Kedia 3-0 51-37, 81-16, 76-42; Siddharth Parekh bt Jimmy Cardmaster 3-0 72-10, 85-22, 81-33;

Ramesh Sadarangani bt Aftab Shivdasani 3-2 43-57, 51-40, 14-54, 72-39, 75-43; Mahesh Jagdale bt Gurudasshan Uppal 3-1 69-25, 42-64, 61=19, 42-21; Sumer verma bt Rehan Sheikh 3-1 75-63, 59-44, 46-57, 92-41;

Farhad Tengra bt Jay Jhaveri 3-1 45-63, 54-19, 62-19, 62-19; Nikhil Ootam bt Manau Panchal 3-0 88-37, 75-38, 74-18; Prakash Karande bt Vishnu Kedia 3-0 61-27, 56-43, 62-50; Dhruv Sitwala bt Sanjay Mirani 3-1 57-18, 74-45, 43-58, 50-13;