Arshad storms into sixth round of the YMCA Madras Open Snooker Tournament

Harish (TNBSA) rallied to beat Ganesh of Madras United Club. After dropping the first frame onthe pink ball, Harish came back strongly to claim the next three frames easily. He took the second and third frames for a lead of 2-1. In the fourth frame, Harish gained momentum to score with small breaks of 12, 16, 24 in a very short span of time and took a 77-6 frame score lead, eventually leaving his opponent to concede the frame and match.

RESULTS (ROUND 5): Harish (TNBSA) bt Ganesh (MUC) 3 – 1 (26-39, 61-29, 46-10, 77-6); Riyaz (Q Lounge) bt Madhan (QZone) 3-1 (39-59, 58-22, 44-32, 44-27); Madhan (Q Zone) bt Saleem (Q Zone) 3-2 (76-13, 23-83, 42-53, 42-41, 60-8); Natraj (Q Tricks) bt Santhosh (YMCA) 3-1 (63-32, 04-51, 70-69, 56-29); Khader (SS) bt Ravi (TC) 3-0 (52-29, 52-17, 52-50); Zhakir (MSBA) bt Salman (Q Lounge) 3-0 (59-41, 66-28, 75-49); Deepan (Q Zone) bt Manoj (TC) 3-2 (65-58, 74-44, 31-61, 40-54, 65-26); Kamal (Q Zone) bt Goutham.S (SC) 3-1 (40-41, 59-30, 56-39, 54-22) 

ROUND 4: Natraj (Q Tricks) bt K,Vijaykumar (ABC) 3-0 (65-39, 60-39, 65-35); Ravi (TC) bt Shiva (CNC) 3 – 1 (4536, 42-30, 22-53, 51-08); Harish (TNBSA) bt Jonah Mark Antony 3 – 0 (42-26, 66-46, 46-15); Deepan (Q Zone) bt Ivan Daniel (YMCA) 3-1 (32-56, 58-34, 47-30, 72-51); Goutham (SC) bt Divyesh (CNC) 3-1 (53-24, 56-21, 35-57, 57-35); Sourav Dilip (Kerala) bt MD Haneef (ABC) 3 – 2 (77-70, 42-69, 51-27, 33-75, 56-30); Syed Asim (SC) bt Bunty (Q Zone) 3-0 (44-32, 58-28, 60-49); Nelson (SC) bt Avinash (TC) 3-1 ( 75-46, 53-66, 58-54, 69-40); Harshad (MSBA) bt Mahadevan (BNB) 3 – 2 (33-62, 27-64, 74-35, 54-19, 50-15); Suresh (Haddows) bt Srinath (YMCA) 3 – 2 (56-43, 50-59, 16-58, 58-39, 39-34); Allen Barry (SC) bt Sampath Kumar (MRC) 3 – 0 (59-10, 49-41, 71-34); Sadam (Q Zone) bt R.Anupama (MYL) 3 – 1 (53-19, 58-50, 25-69, 47-08)