Sha thankful for final frame fortune
filed on Saturday, October 16, 2021. 2:51pm PT/USA
Luzhou Sha has secured a first United States National Snooker Championship quarterfinal appearance, after he capitalized on some luck in his 3-2 round of 16 defeat of Romil Azemat at the New York Athletic Club (NYAC).
The New Yorker trailed 1-0 and 2-1 to the 2006 Championship runner-up but he won the fourth frame to square the match, and as the final frame came to down to the final colored balls he pulled off a couple of amazing flukes on the blue and pink balls. After a few exchanges on the final black ball, he pocketed it to win a hard fought tie and a meeting with the number three seed and twice champion, Ajeya Prabhakar.
The round of 16 players competing in the 1pm session (Back row from left to right): Attila Kerenyi, Ian O'Mahony and Luzhou Sha. (Front row from left to right): Keith Zhen, Amitabh Seth, Sridhar Shrinivasan, Romil Azemat and Li Hua Chen
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Li Hua Chen will face the number one seed and defending champion Ahmed Aly Elsayed in the quarterfinals after he swiftly came through against Attila Kerenyi 3-0, and Keith Zhen also scored a comfortable 3-0 success over Ian O'Mahony and will now take on Amitabh Seth as he defeated Sridhar Shrinivasan 3-2 in a long hard-fought encounter.
The quarterfinals are now just getting underway.
The round of 16 results as follows:
Round of 16
(Best-of-5 frames) |
| Match ID |
|
|
|
| R16-1 |
Ahmed Aly Elsayed (New York) 1 |
3 - 1 |
Dharma Hemnani (New Jersey) |
| R16-2 |
Attila Kerenyi (New York) |
0 - 3 |
Li Hua Chen (New York) |
| R16-3 |
Cheang Ciing Yoo (Washington) 4 |
0 - 3 |
Raymond Fung (New York) 2 |
| R16-4 |
Kevin Wong (New York) |
1 - 3 |
Arif Mahmood (Illinois) |
| R16-5 |
Amitabh Seth (California) |
3 - 2 |
Sridhar Shrinivasan (Pennsylvania) |
| R16-6 |
Ian O'Mahony (New York) |
0 - 3 |
Keith Zhen (New York) |
| R16-7 |
Ajeya Prabhakar (California) 3 |
3 - 0 |
Tim Lee (New York) |
| R16-8 |
Luzhou Sha (New York) |
3 - 2 |
Romil Azemat (Arizona) |
The quarterfinals draw as follows:
Quarterfinals
(Best-of-7 frames) |
| Match ID |
|
|
|
| QF-1 |
Ahmed Aly Elsayed (New York) 1 |
vs. |
Li Hua Chen (New York) |
| QF-2 |
Raymond Fung (New York) 2 |
vs. |
Arif Mahmood (Illinois) |
| QF-3 |
Amitabh Seth (California) |
vs. |
Keith Zhen (New York) |
| QF-4 |
Ajeya Prabhakar (California) 3 |
vs. |
Luzhou Sha (New York) |
The semifinals will take place from 10am local Eastern Time Sunday, followed by the final at 3pm local Eastern Time.
SnookerUSA.com will report on all the results from the Championship.
