Madras Open Snooker Tournament: Kaavya Bharath knocks out Saleem

Former National champion Siddharth Rao of MCC managed to knock out higher seed Vijay Nichani of EDBSA by four frames to one in another Roud of 32 match. Rafath Habib, former Asian Gold Medallist, made an impressive break of 106, which is the first century break of the tournament in the fifth frame against Saran Raj. 

Habib also made a break of 97 in the fourth frame, while missing the yellow ball in the green pocket. Aravind Kumar (RSPB) also made a break of 97 against Vinay Kothari of SVS in the third frame of the bestof-seven frame match.

Results: (Round 8): Dilip Kumar (RSPB) bt M.K.Manoj (MGC) 4-0 (84(54)-16, 64-11, 63(56)-14, 99(61)-06); Rafath Habib (RSPB) bt Saran Raj (CBE) 4-1 (61-23, 62-43, 49-72, 97(97)-04, 107(106)-06); Daksh Reddy (MCC) bt Damu Menon (TNBSA) 4-2 (22-63, 63-29, 48-61, 61-20, 66-06); R Loganathan (SIAA) bt Vadivel (YMCA) 4-2 (35-47, 86-06, 57-16, 47-71, 66-47, 77-06); Venkatesam (RSPB) bt Bhuvaneshwaran (ABC) 4- 2 (66-32, 79-02, 75-01, 26-46, 37-78, 47-34); G.Prabhu (MGC) bt Hariharan (TNBSA) 4-0 (93-52, 56-53, 66-01, 64-48); R.Girish (RSPB) bt S.Magesh (MRC) 4-1 (79-08, 75-17, 76-38, 48-52, 55-26) Kaavya Bharath (TNBSA) bt S.A.Saleem 4-3 (58-54, 06-71(51), 08-57, 60-28, 68-45, 32-74(60), 77-17) Aravind Kumar (RSPB) bt Vinay Kothari (SVS) 4 – 1 (49-60, 85-49, 120-00, 56-48, 54-24); Siddharth Rao (MCC) bt Vijay Nichani (EDBSA) 4 – 1 (34-61, 63-52, 67-55, 71-17, 64-18); Round 7: Kaavya Bharath (TNBSA) bt Syed Asim (SC) 3 – 2 (11-57, 54-44, 63-17, 2246, 63-24); Bhuvaneshwaran (ABC) bt Deepan (Q Zone) 3 – 0 (75-65, 65-41, 64-10); Mustaq (Q Tricks) bt Madhur (Q Zone) 3-1 (73-42, 66-38, 23-65, 49-35); Aashish (Q Lounge) bt Hari Prabhu (BIB) 3-1 (52-29, 42-58, 69-64, 62-22); S.Magesh (MRC) bt Sudharshan (SC) 3-1 (40-68, 58-49, 59-21, 72-35); Ashwin (Towers) bt Radheesh (YMCA) 3-2 (01-68, 23-47, 5529, 62-04, 52-48); Siddharth Rao (MCC) bt V.R.Sathish (TNBSA) 3-0 (71-05, 70(66)-00, 83(56)-00);