Ishpreet piles on wins in pro snooker tour

Ishpreet Singh Chadha has developed a penchant for pulling off upsets on the professional snooker tour.

- Shahid Judge

MUMBAI: Earlier this month, he stunned top seed and defending champion Gary Wilson in the first round of the Welsh Open.

With a chuckle, he explains that it was not his first big win.

"It was still a good win, to beat a defending champion in any tournament is not easy," he told HT over the phone. "(Wilson) is one of the top 15 players currently. Any win (over a player of that quality) is a good win."

Chadha, a 28-year-old from Mumbai, is in his second year on the professional tour. In that time, he has scored solid wins over former world champions Stuart Bingham, Luca Brecel, Graeme Dott and Mark Selby. All of it has put him in good stead to retain his spot on the circuit for next season.