Jagdale beats Shaikh in snooker meet

Seasoned campaigner Mahesh Jagdale was on song and constructed two substantial breaks of 96 and 73 en route to an authoritative 4-1 win against Mohasin Shaikh in a qualifying draw first round match of All India Snooker Open here on Wednesday.The Maharashtra No. 1 billiards player showed that he is equally proficient in the multi-coloured cue sports as he won the opening two frames to take a 2-0 lead.

Seasoned campaigner Mahesh Jagdale was on song and constructed two substantial breaks of 96 and 73 en route to an authoritative 4-1 win against Mohasin Shaikh in a qualifying draw first round match of All India Snooker Open here on Wednesday.

The Maharashtra No. 1 billiards player showed that he is equally proficient in the multi-coloured cue sports as he won the opening two frames to take a 2-0 lead. Not prepared to give up easily, Shaikh won the third frame to cut the deficit. But, thereafter, Jagdale was all fired up and showed excellent touch and control in making a 96 in the fourth and signed off with 73 to complete a 60-37, 54-34, 14-64, 110-1, 110-0 victory.

Siddharth Parikh, a billiards legend, also showed good potting skills and with breaks of 51 and 56 in the second and third frames recovered to overcome the challenge from Amanullah Shaikh 4-1 (57-63, 84(51)-50(43), 64(56)-28, 74-6, 64-47). Shaikh's best effort was a break of 43 in the second frame. Another established cueist Hasan Badami also enjoyed an easy outing and compiled a 66 point break and went on to defeat Uddeshey Sethi 4-0 (83-43, 89(66)-17, 55-8, 67-37). Meanwhile, Vishal Gehani qualified for the main draw defeating Vivek Shah 4-0 (80-46, 69-1, 76-41, 53-45) in a second round round. Gehani produced a solid effort of 68 during his win.