Pune cueists Anand Raghuvanshi and Amol Abdagiri registered impressive wins in the first round of the senior snooker competition, in the Malabar Hill Club Maharashtra state selection billiards & snooker tourney on Saturday.
PYC’s Raghuvanshi overcame Viraj Joshi 2-1, while Abdagiri of Deccan Gymkhana prevailed over Jayesh C of Thane 2-0.
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Joining the duo in the next round was Sumit Kataria of Deccan Gymkhana, who beat qualifier Akhil Saiyed of Vashi 2-0. Also progressing were Hitesh Kotwani of CCI and Manan Shah of Malabar Hill Club, who upset Manoj Kasare of Khar Gymkhana 2-0.
The qualifiers are Avenish Shah, Vishal Vaya and Sumit Saldurkar of Mandpeshwar CF (Borivli), Shahbaz Khan and Siddharth Shah (Elphinstone CC) and Umesh Barwe of Central Railway.u00a0