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Mumbai, Aug 4 (IANS) Yogesh Sharma of PYC Gymkhana, Pune, registered a 3-2 win to enter the final qualifying round in the Shyam Shroff Memorial All India Open Invitation Snooker Tournament at the Khar Gymkhana Saturday.

Sharma, who led 2-1 after dropping the second frame, was forced into the decider by Karan Mangat of Vashi before winning 60-46, 26-80, 64-21, 23-52, 65-31.

Among the others who entered the final qualifying round were, former national champion Sarang Shroff of NSCI, Mahesh Jagdale of Elphinstone Cricket Club, R Girish of Railways, Abhimanyu Gandhi of Gujarat and Sandeep Gulati and Pushpinder Singh, both of Delhi.

Earlier in the sixth round, Rovin D’Souza beat Kabil Badami 3-1, while Pushpinder Singh overcame Pawan Kohli of Khar Gymkhana by the same margin.

Results:
Round 7: Sarang Shroff (NSCI) bt Subrata Das (Odisha) 56-38, 68-28, 54-11; Sunil Jain (Elphinstone CC) bt Aditya Agrawal (Bombay Gym) 14-68, 58-49, 59-31, 62-60; Yogesh Sharma (PYC Gym, Pune) bt Karan Mangat (Vashi) 60-46, 26-80, 64-21, 23-52, 65-31; Mahesh Jagdale (Elphinstone CC) bt Anand Raghuvanshi (Pune) 52-13, 45-56, 63-28, 70-18; R Girish (Rlys) bt Vazir Shaikh (Vashi) 58-40, 56-38, 69-57; Abhimanyu Gandhi (Guj) bt Rovin D’Souza (Bombay Gym) 61(50)-43, 61-53, 21-56, 76-47; Pushpinder Singh (Delhi) bt Pratyush S (Spring Club) 46-57, 64-34, 85-39, 82(60)-18; Sandeep Gulati (Delhi) bt Rishit Jain (Delhi) 41-63, 40-67, 67-7, 56-44, 55-37.

Round 6: Mahesh Jagdale (Elphinstone CC) bt Zubin Leninwala (JVPG) 52-65, 49-67, 71-42, 58-43, 50-22; Vazir Shaikh (Vashi) bt Viren Sharma 40-42, 58-49, 38-63, 63-0, 53-49; Sunil Jain (Elphinstone CC) bt Varun Kumar (TN) 66-38, 58-50, 60-21; Rovin D’Souza (Bombay Gym) bt Kabil Badami (Bombay Gym) 32-62, 64-25, 81-9, 55-47; Pushpinder Singh (Delhi) bt Pawan Kohli (Khar Gym) 54-47, 47-65, 59-37, 54-44.