Murali wins a thriller

In a match that went the distance, Murali from Q9 did well by bouncing from jaws of defeat to defeat the gritty P Avinash from Telangana Cue Sports Association (TCSA) by 3-2 frames each of which was valiantly fought effort in the opening round of the 32nd FMC Open Billiards and Snooker Tournament 2017 at Fateh Maidan Club (FMC). Earlier the event was inaugurated by A Venketshwara Reddy, Chairmen of Sports Authority of Telangana State (SATS) and its vice-Chairman A Dinakar Babu.

Results-Snooker: Chetan Chabra (TCSA) bt Syed Zafar (TCSA) 59-36, 56-21, 57-43; Junaid Azar (GSA) bt Chakradhar (Country Club) 56-21, 45-50, 54-32, 54-45; Vamshi Krishna Reddy (TCSA) bt PL Murthy (FMC) 60-20, 72-22, 60-23; Naresh Kumar (TCSA) bt Mir Yaseen Ali (7Spots Snoooker Parlour) 35-40, 57-42, 74-14, 50-26; Nitish (Royal Snooker) bt L Ravi Shanker (FMC) 49-42, 44-46, 73-41, 54-15; Shashi Rao (Deccan Club) bt Sai Deep (TCSA) 38-48, 66-39, 55-35, 44-30; Richard Rapol (DP) w/o Raja (Laddu); Shaike Mukaram (Legend Snooker Parlour) bt V Sudheer (NCS) 58-22,42-13,48-59, 62-40; Md Afzal (TCSA) bt Suresh Kumar (NCS) 60-30,14-52,57-17, 55-44; Murali (Q9) bt P Avinash (TCSA) 58-47,39-61,50-39,33-71,56-3; Juman Khan (GSA) w/o J Nagendra (HBC); Junior Abid (TCSA) bt Jasbeer Singh Bagga (Deccan Club) 56-9,59-29,54-32; Baquer Hussain (GSA) bt Irfan (GSA) 49-37,73-46,69-20.