TOP cueists of Nagpur city showcased their acumen and skill to move up in the Aditya Diddee Memorial Open Snooker Tournament.

One of the best player of CPC Akshay Khetrapal kept his cool and defeated Vinod Sharma 2-1.

Top seeded and winner of last tournament Shubham Bokade eased in the second round defeating Gurbaksh Wadhwani 2-0. Third seed and semi-finalist of last tournament Vishal Sole made easy work of Abhishek Kate beating him 2-0. Veteran cueist Pranab Ghosh defeated Palash Khare 2-0. In Round 2 matches, Prashant Dumbere beat Rohit Maheshwari and Ambar Bhoyar beat Atharva Khasnis 2-0.

RESULTS: Pranab Ghosh beat Palash Khare 2-0 (67-65, 79-24); Prashant Dumbhere beat Rohit Maheshwari 2-0 (65-42, 52-32); Rahul Mankar beat Tushar Sharma 2-1 (31-64, 69-35, 53-32); Ambar Bhoyar beat Atharva Khasnis 2-1 (76-22, 35-63, 73-29); Vishal Sole (seed 3) beat Abhishek Kate 2-0 (73-28, 74-29); Shubham Bokade (seed 1) beat Gurbaksh Wadhwani 2-0 (79-36, 70-45); Akshay Khetrapal beat Vinod Sharma 2-1 (49-57, 59-48, 55-18); Ankur Dhoble beat Ashish Ahuja 2-0 (63-38, 70-37); Waqar Sheikh beat Suraj Dewani 2-0 (56-24, 57-22).