RKG Pro Snooker Series March - 13 June 2015

Posting under 'Amateur' as this isn't WPBSA Pro Tour, but a new snooker tour in India, with a level of prize money that, as far as India is concerned, makes it 'Pro'. Total prize fund is about £22,000

Four tournaments and a 'Grand Finale'

Dates

17-28 March Delhi
10-19 April Ahmedabad
2-10 May Chennai
17-30 May Kolkata
Grand Finale 10-14 June Mumbai

Pretty much all of India's top players have entered the first tournament (except Pro Tour player Aditya Mehta).

Delhi results

The competition introduces a new player against a lower ranked qualifier through several rounds before the top ranked players start in the Last 32 Must mention local player Jaison Malhotra who made it through 3 rounds of qualifying before going out to Pushpender Singh in the Last 32.

Top ranked players going out in the Last 32 were Faisal Khan (Cue Sports India ranking No. 4) losing to Malkeet Singh, Laxman Rawat (7) losing to Akshay Kumar, Manan Chandra (8), who lost to Sumit Talwar, and Shivam Arora (11), losing out to Nitesh Madan. Two players who've just climbed into the Top 16, Rajat Khaneja (15) and Anuj Uppal (16) lost to Ishpreet Chadha and Divya Sharma respectively.

Last 16
Kamal Chawla 4 - 1 Shahbaaz Adil Khan
Pushpender Singh 4 - 3 Brijesh Damani
Varun Madan 4 - 3 Sundeep Gulati
Ishpreet Chadha 4 - 2 Dharminder Lilly
Malkeet Singh 4 - 2 Divya Sharma
Akshay Kumar 4 - 1 Rafath Habib
Nitesh Madan 4 - 1 Sumit Talwar
Pankaj Advani 4 - 0 Rahul Sachdev

Quarter finals
Kamal Chawla 5 - 2 Pushpender Singh
Varun Madan 5 - 1 Ishpreet Chadha
Malkeet Singh 5 - 2 Akshay Kumar
Pankaj Advani 5 - 1 Nitesh Madan

Semi finals
Kamal Chawla 5 - 1 Varun Madan
Pankaj Advani 5 - 3 Malkeet Singh

Final
Pankaj Advani 6 - 2 Kamal Chawla

Next round has 109 entries but no Pankaj Advani unless he's a late entry.

The Ahmedabad round:

Shivam Arora was a no show.

EDIT Just a note of seeds losing in the last 32 - quite a lot of them - Himanshu Jain lost 4- 2 to Rahul Sachdev, Laxman Rawat lost to Sumesh Turki 4-2, Shahbaaz Adil Khan lost 4-0 to Alok Kumar, Ishpreet Chadha lost 4 - 2 to Abhimanyu Gandhi, Faisal Khan lost 4-1 to Lucky Vatnani, Varun Madan lost 4-3 to Bhadresh Panchal, Pushpender Singh lost 4-3 to IV Rajeev, and Sundeep Gulati lost 4-2 to Sonic Multani.


Last 16
Kamal Chawla 4 - 2 Rahul Sachdev
Manan Chandra 4 - 0 Rafath Habib
Alok Kumar 4 - 0 Sumesh Turki
Lucky Vatnani 4 - 1 Abhimanyu Gandhi
Ketan Chawla 4 - 3 Bhadresh Panchal
Brijesh Damani 4 - 1 Amit Patel
Sonic Multani 4 - 2 I.V. Rajeev
Dharmider Lilly 4 - 0 Nitesh Madan

Quarter finals
Kamal Chawla 5 - 2 Manan Chandra
Lucky Vatnani 5 - 1 Alok Kumar
Brijesh Damani 5 - 2 Ketan Chawla
Dharmider Lilly 5 - 4 Sonic Multani

Semi finals
Lucky Vatnani 5 - 1 Kamal Chawla
Brijesh Damani 5 - 4 Dharmider Lilly

Final
Lucky Vatnani 6 - 4 Brijesh Damani

So former Indian Champion 'Super' Sonic Multani (known for his speed around the table) is back playing after SEVENTEEN years, good to see (aged 45 now, in case anyone is wondering)

and Lucky showing the kind of form that once had him on the Pro Tour ... congratulations to him !

The Chennai round, featuring Pro Tour player Aditya Mehta.

In the Last 48 round, Alok Kumar and Neeraj Kumar played 7 frames despite the round being best of five because an official mistakenly told them it was best of 7! Alok Kumar took it 4 - 3, it appears Neeraj Kumar was leading after 5 frames but the 4-3 result was let stand ...

Top 16 seeds going our in the last 32 were Sundeep Gulati, with a 4 -1 loss to Alok Kumar, Ketan Chawla, losing 4 - 1 to Divya Sharma, Rahul Sachdev, losing 4-1 to Sourav Kothari, Shivam Arora, who lost 4-1 to R Giresh, and the winner of the last tournament Lucky Vatnani, who went down 4-2 to Himanshu Jain.

Last 16
Shahbaaz Adil Khan 4 - 1 Kamal Chawla
Rafath Habib 4 - 1 Pushpender Singh
Brijesh Damani 4 - 1 Divya Sharma
Himanshu Jain 4 - 3 Faisal Khan
Sourav Kothari 4 - 0 Dharminder Lilly
Laxman Rawat 4 - 1 R Giresh
Manan Chandra 4 - 1 Alok Kumar
Aditya Mehta 4 - 0 Anuj Uppal

Quarter finals
Rafath Habib 5 - 1 Shahbaaz Adil Khan
Brijesh Damani 5 - 1 Himanshu Jain
(Jain break of 100)
Laxman Rawat 5 - 4 Sourav Kothari
Aditya Mehta 5 - 3 Manan Chandra
(Mehta break of 123)

Semi finals
Brijesh Damani 5 - 2 Rafath Habib
Aditya Mehta 5 - 1 laxman Rawat

Final
Aditya Mehta 6 - 0 Brijesh Damani
(Mehta breaks of 91, 85, 79 and 68)

The Kolkatta round:

Three ranked players 'no showed' for the Last 32 - Manan Chandra, Kamal Chawla and Sundeep Gulati.

Seed Varun Madan lost in the Last 32 to Bharat Sisodiya, whilst Shahbaaz Adil Khan lost 4 - 2 to Malkeet Singh

Last 16
Lucky Vatnani 4 - 0 Anurag Giri
Pushpender Singh 4 - Akshay Kumar
Sourav Kothari 4 - 1 Laxman Rawat
(Kothari break of 100)
Himanshu Jain 4 - 1 Bharat Sisodiya
Anuj Uppal 4 - 2 Faisal Khan
Shivam Arora 4 - 1 I.V. Rajeev
Rafath Habib 4 - 2 Malkeet Singh
Brijesh Damani 4 - 2 Ketan Chawla

Quarter finals
Lucky Vatnani 5 - 2 Pushpender Singh
Sourav Kothari 5 - 3 Himanshu Jain
(Kothari breaks of 136 and 104)
Anuj Uppal 5 - 2 Sivam Arora
Brijesh Damani 5 - 1 Rafath Habib

Semi finals
Sourav Kothari 5 - 4 Lucky Vatnani
Brijesh Damani 5 - 3 Anuj Uppal

Final
Brijesh Damani 6 - 2 Sourav Kothari

The Grand Finals (in Mumbai 10-13 June)

First Round
Kamal Chawla 5 - 4 Manish Jain
Shahbaaz Adil Khan 5 - 2 HImanshu Jain
Varun Madan 5 - 4 Malkeet Singh
Rafath Habb 5 - 3 Nitesh Madan
Dharminder Lilly 5 - 2 Aayush Kumar
Sourav Kothari 5 - 2 Akshay Kumar
Brijesh Damani 5 - 2 Avinash Kumar
Shivam Arora 5 - 3 Rahul Sachdev
Aditya Mehta 5 - 0 Bharat Sisodiya
Sundeep Gulati 5 - 0 Anuj Uppal
Manan Chandra 5 - 2 Alok Kumar
Faisal Khan 5 - 2 Ishpreet Chadha
Laxman Rawat 5 - 3 I.V. Rajeev
Divya Sharma 5 - 3 Pushpender Singh
Pankaj Advani 5 - 3 Rajat Khaneja
Lucky Vatnani 5 - 2 Ketan Chawla

Second Round
Kamal Chawla 5 - 2 Shahbaaz Adil Khan
Varun Madan 5 - 1 Rafath Habb
Dharminder Lilly 5 - 0 Sourav Kothari
Brijesh Damani 5 - 2 Shivam Arora
Aditya Mehta 5 - 0 Sundeep Gulati
Manan Chandra 5 - 1 Faisal Khan
Laxman Rawat 5 - 2 Divya Sharma
Pankaj Advani 5 - 1 Lucky Vatnani

Quarter finals
Varun Madan 5 - 1 Kamal Chawla
Dharminder Lilly 5 - 3 Brijesh Damani
Aditya Mehta 5 - 1 Manan Chandra
Laxman Rawat 5 - 4 Pankaj Advani

Semi finals
Varun Madan 6 - 2 Dharminder Lilly
Aditya Mehta 6 - 0 Laxman Rawat

Final
Aditya Mehta 8 - 1 Varun Madan

HIgh break in the 'Grand Finals' was a 119 by Dharminder Lilly, highest break overall 136 by Sourav Kothari