JOIN USLocal cueist Abdur Rehman shocked Maharashtra state snooker champion Hasan Badami 4-3 to enter the main draw of the National 6-red snooker championship here at the PJ Hindu Gymkhana on Friday.
Rehman snatched a 37-7, 32-19, 0-43, 1-57, 34-28, 17-19, 39-19 win after his more fancied rival fought back from 0-2 down in the best-of-seven-frame match.
Seasoned Dhruv Sitwala of Petroleum Sports Promotion Board (PSPB) utilised his vast experience to rally from a 1-3 deficit and overcome Kartikeya Sharma, also of Maharashtra, 20-29, 17-50, 37-17, 26-34, 35-9, 40-23, 47-22.
In other third round ties, Jasim Tawin of Karnataka beat Rajat Khaneja of Chandigarh 46-22, 35-33, 56-18, 11-45, 5-39, 3-41, 31-8 and Vijay Goel of Delhi prevailed over Punjab’s Manjot Singh 56-0, 16-46, 36-8, 32-38, 10-39, 60-10, 41-10.
Karnataka’s Mundir Sherazi also advanced to the main draw.