Haji Usman of Islam Gymkhana rallied from the brink of defeat to advance to the fourth round with a nail-biting 3-2 win, in the CCI Platinum Jubilee Open Snooker Tournament at the CCI's Wilson Jones Billiards Room yesterday.
Haji Usman of Islam Gymkhana rallied from the brink of defeat to advance to the fourth round with a nail-biting 3-2 win, in the CCI Platinum Jubilee Open Snooker Tournament at the CCI's Wilson Jones Billiards Room yesterday.
Usman got off to a dream start by winning a close opening frame. As the formidable Siddharth Parikh of Railways got into the groove, Usman fell into a 1-2 deficit.
Usman again had his back to the wall in the crucial fourth frame as he stared at defeat with Parikh leading by a substantial 33 points. But, with the last red and the colours remaining, Usman stunned Parikh with a brilliant clearance to force the decider.
In the fifth and final frameu00a0 too Usman trailed 17-39, but came back once again, with a break of 22 to level at 39-39, before snatching the frame and match in a black ball tie.
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