Mumbai, Aug 9 (PTI) The seasoned Railways cueist Siddharth Parikh and Samay Wadhawan made it to the main draw of the Western India Billiards and Snooker Championship here on Friday.

Parikh got the better of Kolhapur's Anil Kumar with an authoritative 4-0 (75-1, 75-0, 78-16, 76-15) win during his senior snooker third round match at the Khar Gymkhana.

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National Sports Club of India's Wadhawan recorded a similar 4-0 win (65-13, 54-40, 70-38, 66-25) against Mohsin Achhava from Gujarat to make the main round.

Railways' Nikhil Ghadge overcame Mumbai's Kalpesh Mevada 4-2 (29-70, 42-27, 55-21, 21-57, 61-24, 55-41) to advance further into the main round along with Aurangabad's Chetan Rajarwal and Vishal Gehani.

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Rajarwal compiled a break of 47 in the second frame and went on to defeated Mumbai's Alam Shaikh 4-1 (64-36, 60-22, 67-78, 60-50, 60-20), while Gehani scraped past Andhra Pradesh's Sagar Jain 4-2 (2-46, 65-16, 45-28, 64-32, 35-65, 79-49) in third round encounters.

Results:

Round 3: Samay Wadhawan (MUM) bt Mohsin Achhava (GUJ) 4-0 (65-13, 54-40, 70-38, 66-25); Nikhil Ghadge (RLWYS) bt Kalpesh Mevada (MUM) 4-2 (29-70, 42-27, 55-21, 21-57, 61-24, 55-41); Siddharth Parikh (RLWYS) bt Anil Kumar (Kol) 4-0 (75-1, 75-0, 78-16, 76-15); Chetan Rajarwal (AUR) bt Alam Shaikh (MUM) 4-1 (64-36, 60(47)-22, 67-78, 60-50, 60-20); Vishal Gehani (MUM) bt Sagar Jain (AP) 4-2 (2-46, 65-16, 45-28, 64-32, 35-65, 79-49). 7/21/2024

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