Joshi remains in fray with hat-trick of wins

Devendra Joshi fashioned three crucial wins in the double elimination round for losers to keep his hopes alive in the P J Hindu Gymkhana National 6-Red Snooker Championship co-hosted by Elphinstone Cricket Club on Tuesday.

Joshi, who lost his second qualifying round to Aseem Arora of Haryana earlier in the day, registered three back-to-back wins against Abhijit More of Karnataka, Gurdit Singh of Delhi and Vishal Gehani of Maharashtra respectively to remain one win away from making it to the main draw that kicks off on Wednesday.

Joshi, of Bharat Petroleum, recovered from a 1-3 deficit against Arora to force the decider before he lost a tight final frame.

Meanwhile, Sandeep Gulati of Delhi, Hemanth Kumar of Railways, Shivam Arora of Bihar, India sub junior No. 3 Ishpreet Singh Chadha of Maharashtra and Viren Sharma of Madhya Pradesh squeaked into the main draw from the double elimination round.

The others to qualify for the main draw were Rovin D'Souza, Chandresh Shah and Arun Agrawal of Maharashtra, R Santosh of Karnataka, Varun Kumar of Tamil Nadu and K Venkatesh of Railways, following wins in the third and final qualifying round.

Results: 3rd Rd: Arun Agrawal (Mah) bt Viren Sharma (MP) 12-43, 52-9, 32-34, 44-19, 25-28, 35-24, 44-10; R Santosh (Kar) bt Manav Panchal (Mah) 18-33, 33-16, 31-23, 35-26, 0-36, 27-19; Chandresh Shah (Mah) bt Aseem Arora (Har) 51-31, 16-34, 36-8, 37-7, 27-39, 44-20; Varun Kumar (TN) bt Gaurav Jaisinghani (Mah) 56-0, 29-20, 18-39, 40-1, 35-14; Anand Raghuvanshi (Mah) bt Abhishek Bora (Mah) 39-0, 26-29, 49-2, 60-14, 33-40, 45-13; Rovin D'Souza (Mah) bt Subrat Das (Orissa) 51-2, 37-4, 29-20, 33-16; Zubin Leninwala (Mah) bt Vishal Gehani (Mah) 9-42, 42-39, 36-24, 40-5, 46-26; Yogesh Sharma (Mah) bt Shivam Arora (Bih) 24-26, 29-22, 35-7, 41-27, 29-5; Yagnesh Merai (Guj) bt Ankit Kariwal (WB) 8-47, 38-9, 48-24, 0-50, 42-23, 24-34, 38-16; K Venkatesh (Rlys) bt Jayesh Salvi (Mah) 39-9, 39-32, 39-25, 7-33, 27-34, 38-22; 2nd Rd: Aseem Arora (Har) bt Devendra Joshi (PSPB) 25-45, 34-39, 41-20, 42-23, 25-56, 25-14, 32-30; Yogesh Sharma (Mah) bt Shrikant Srirambhat (Mah) 30-16, 33-12, 30-23, 30-49, 38-8; Zubin Leninwala (Mah) bt Anant Dixit (UP) 37-12, 45-7, 61-49, 40(40)-0; Shakil Ahmed (WB) bt Vikas Kandari (Utk) 56-6, 17-43, 61(43)-2, 3-38, 54-2, 53-1; Chandresh Shah (Mah) bt Biren Shah (Mah) 37-4, 37-7, 42-22, 39-7; Shivam Arora (Bih) bt Rahul More (Mah) 60-1, 53-12, 32-24, 55-0; Rafath Habib (Rlys) bt Ashwin Deshmukh (Mah) 50-25, 30-19, 39-22, 48-13; Kamlesh Chawla (Mah) bt Ishpreet Singh (Mah) 40-17, 0-40, 33-26, 32-21, 21-49, 12-46, 31-15; R Santosh (Kar) bt Shahbaaz Khan (Mah) 31-41, 54(47)-0, 42-16, 1-43(37), 40-15, 44(44)-11; Double Elimination Rd: Viren Sharma (MP) bt Sumit Kataria (Mah) 11-29, 39-17, 8-34, 45-23, 46-8, 42-35; Anupam Jha (Bih) bt Gaurav Prabhu (Mah) 26-35, 40-2, 40-17, 38-1, 37-16; Devendra Joshi (PSPB) bt Abhijit More (Kar) 11-29, 51-10, 42-19, 53-0, 34-20; Priyank Jaiswal (MP) bt Kamal Bist (Utk) 49-0, 47-24, 36-28, 26-14; Priyank Jaiswal (MP) bt Abhishek Bora (Mah) 30-10, 43-13, 5-37, 38-11, 29-26, Aseem Arora (Har) bt Amit Jadhav (Mah) 52-34, 44-17, 31-35, 47-50, 44-35, 48-8; Sumit Kataria (Mah) bt Ashit Pandya (Mah) 23-32, 33-20, 50-1, 47-23, 33-8; Nihar Chavan (Mah) bt Rishad Bharda (Mah) 17-49, 44-14, 50-21, 29-17, 44-16; Amit Jadhav (Mah) bt Punit Kasat (Mah) 40-7, 31-16, 52-39, 8-38, 27-19; Rishad Bharda (Mah) bt Avish Garg (UP) 25-18, 31-25, 45-20, 15-40, 52-1; Chandu Kansodaria (Mah) bt Prabdeep Singh (Mah) 36-11, 41-21, 35-12, 26-33, 29-41, 34-8; Hemanth Singh (AP) bt Abhi Wadhwani (MP) 0-42, 52-23, 21-32, 48-19, 53-13, 37-22; R Girish (Rlys) bt Manav Panchal (Mah) 40-19, 52-20, 9-52, 53-45, 47-0; Mithil Shinde (Mah) bt Subrat Das (Orissa) 29-39, 33-11, 29-13, 1-46, 39-11, 36-5; Sahil Khan (Mah) bt Bala Krishna (AP) 35-1, 31-4, 5-32, 35-26, 38-13; Anuj Mahajan (Mah) bt Shrikant Srirambhat (Mah) 42-16, 39-30, 42-17, 49-2; Devendra Joshi (PSPB) bt Vishal Gehani (Mah) 59-0, 41-9, 56-8, 53(51)-0; Devendra Joshi (PSPB) bt Gurdit Singh (Delhi) 44-21, 44-4, 6-33, 54-33, 48-17; Priyank Jaiswal (MP) bt Sahil Khan (Mah) 52-26, 44-42, 49-15, 16-42, 60-7; Mithil Shinde (Mah) bt M B Asuthosh (AP) 51-26, 22-31, 43-15, 25-13, 49-31; Anant Dixit (UP) bt Zubair Ali (MP) 31-45, 29-15, 46-45, 32-10, 40-26; Vivek Chopra (Pun) bt Sunil Jain (Mah) 48-16, 36-35, 27-36, 44(44)-9, 39-5; R Girish (Rlys) bt Anupan Jha (Bih) 18-39(39), 26-48, 55-14, 47-16, 38-0, 30-22; Ishpreet Singh Chadha (Mah) bt Sushant Khade (Mah) 35-24, 34-14, 39-7, 41-15; Prathamesh Sawant (Mah) bt Gaurav Jaisinghani (Mah) 26-19, 40-7, 38-17, 3-33, 11-40, 47-17; Prathamesh Sawant (Mah) bt Anuj Mahajan (Mah) 50-0, 33-32, 29-41, 40-26, 23-33, 30-1; Shivam Arora (Bih) bt Prathamesh Sawant (Mah) 42-23, 42-5, 52-11, 43-0; Sumit Saldurkar (Mah) bt Kamlesh Chawla (Mah) 17-26, 36-17, 39-26, 36-4, 27-16; Shivam Arora (Bih) bt Chandu Kansodaria (Mah) 47-14, 19-31, 47-31, 16-24, 39-3, 22-19; Chandu Kansodaria (Mah) bt Abhinav Kripalu (Mah) 42-28, 6-30, 41-1, 39-18, 21-50, 49-27; Sandeep Gulati (Delhi) bt Arun Barve (Mah) 45-22, 42-0, 52-10, 47-16; Ishpreet Singh Chadha (Mah) bt Harsh Thacker (Mah) 38-11, 38-8, 47-7, 17-43, 41-9; Nitesh Madan (Mah) bt Shahbaaz Khan (Mah) 44-15, 13-44, 40-13, 27-11, 29-17; Gurdit Singh (Delhi) bt Biren Shah (Mah) 12-43, 43-30, 26-33, 7-43, 35-10, 33-16, 37-9; Ashwin Deshmukh (Mah) bt Akhil Sayed (Mah) 50-24, 30-16, 50-22, 24-25, 29-47, 3-41, 48-30; Raj Khandwala (Mah) bt Pratik Vaidya (Mah) 8-30, 31-11, 45-6, 16-29, 43-10, 47-40; Anupam Jha (Bih) bt I S Malik (UP) 30-6, 53-13, 29-34, 20-45, 29-36, 36-19, 37-20; Hemanth Kumar (Rlys) bt Anmoldeep Singh (Pun) 49-12, 38-34, 16-39, 42-22, 34-35, 48-35.

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