Former National snooker champion and snooker pro Ishpreet Singh Chadha with clinical performance underlined his superiority over Rayaan Razmi scoring a comfortable 4-1 win in an all-Mumbai round of 16 contest in the Rs 13.5 lakh CCI Snooker Classic 2025, an all-India tournament, played at the CCI’s Wilson Jones billiards hall on Thursday.
The 28-year-old Chadha, who competes in the World Snooker Tour and is ranked 67, had a routine day in office and even though the 22-year-old Razmi tried his best, he could not convert the chances and that proved his undoing. Chadha had one sizable break of 91 in the second frame. He could have converted that into a century effort, but after potting the last red he missed a regulation blue in the centre pocket. Chadha cruised to 72-26, 91-11, 7-66, 58-17, and 67-42 success.
In another match, qualifier Faisal Khan of Railway continued in his rich vein of form and produced another solid performance to outshine former National champ and current India No. 3 Aditya Mehta of (PSPB) scripting a 4-1 (89-32, (84-35, 67-39, 48-62, and 66-53) victory.
Earlier, former National champion Kamla Chawla of Railways won three frames in succession to get the better of PSPB’s Laxman Rawat 4-2 in a round of 32 encounter. Trailing 1-2, Chawla came into his own and staged a remarkable fight back and signed off with a flourish rolling in a slick 101 break to seal a 4-2 (57-61, 82-13, 24-64, 77-25, 71-37, 101-0 victory. Chawla had one more notable effort of 42 in the second while Gupta managed a solitary run of 48 in the third.
Qualifier Sachdev continued with his impressive winning streak as he stunned Uttar Pradesh’s India No. 6 Paras Gupta snatching a decisive final frame to record a 4-3 (6-115), 59-29, 69-30, 56-43, 16-85, 65-57, and 75-15) win to progress to the last 16.
Results – Round 32: Brijesh Damani (PSPB) beat R. Girish (RSPB) 4-2 (39-66(58), 72-26, 65-80, 64-50, 74-12, 60-18);
Malkeet Singh (RSPB) beat K. Srinu (RSPB) 4-1 (76(64)-19, 75-64, 48-62, 83(67)-5, 72-70(57);
Rrahul Sachdev (Mah) beat Paras Gupta (UP) 4-3 (6-115(101), 59-29, 69(59)-30, 56-43, 16-85(50), 65-57(56), 75-15);
Kamal Chawala (RSPB) beat Laxman Rawat (PSPB) 4-2 (57-61, 82(42)-13, 24-64(48), 77-25, 71-37, 101(101)-0.
Round 16: Ishpreet Singh Chadha (PSPB) beat Rayaan Razmi (Mah) 4-1 (72-26, 91(91)-11, 7-66, 58-17, 67-42);
Faisal Khan (RSPB) beat Aditya Mehta (PSPB) 4-1 (89-32, (84(84)-35, 67-39, 48-62, 66-53).
