Advani retains billiards crown
January 27th, 2012 - 10:31 pm ICT by IANSPune, Jan 27 (IANS) Pankaj Advani of PSPB scored a 5-0 win over Balachandra Bhaskar of Karnataka to retain the men’s billiards title in the Manisha National Billiards and Snooker Championship here on Friday.
Advani, a former World champion, was in supreme form, scoring a 151(151)-31, 152(59)-26, 153(151)-0, 150(150)-0, 150(62)-36 win over Bhaskar to claim his sixth national billiards title.
In the semifinals, Advani blanked Sourav Kothari 4-0 to set up a repeat final against Bhaskar who overcame Alok Kumar (PSPB) (150 (123)-30, 121 (102)-150 (102), 9-152 (113), 152-28, 19-151 (124), 151 (114)-118 (82), 150 (108)-103-(85). Kothari defeated Alok Kumar 2-1 in the play-off for third and fourth positions.
Meanwhile, Pune’s Arantxa Sanchis won her maiden women’s billiard title when she beat multiple champion Meenal Thakur of Mumbai 3-2 in a tight all-Maharashtra final on Thursday.
Sanchis set herself up for a double crown by making it to the quarterfinals of the women’s snooker championship when she defeated seasoned Jagruti Patel 2-0 and was joined by Varsha Sanjeev, who won three titles last week in junior and sub-junior championships, as she beat Judy Walia 49-36, 67-31 in an all-Karnataka match.
Results:
Men’s billiards final: Pankaj Advani (PSPB) bt Bhalchandra Bhaskar (Kar) 5-0: 151(151)-31, 152(59)-26, 153(151)-0, 150(150)-0, 150(62)-36. For 3-4 positions: Sourav Kothari (PSPB) bt Alok Kumar (PSPB) 2-1: (150 (59)-107, 62-150 (111), 150 (70)-45). Semi-finals: Advani bt Kothari 4-0; Bhaskar bt Alok Kumar 4-3.
Women’s billiards Final: Arantxa Sanchis (Mah) bt Meenal Thakur (Mah) 3-2: 51-75, 76-38, 76-32, 37-76, 75-1. For 3-4 positions: Varsha Sanjeev (Kar) bt I Lahari (AP) 2-0: 51-35, 52-30.
Women’s snooker - Pre-quarter-finals: Arantxa Sanchis (Mah) bt Jagruti Patel (Mah) 2-0; Varsha Sanjeev (Kar) bt Judy Walia (Kar) 2-0; R Uma Devi (Kar) bt I Lahari (AP) 2-0; Chitra Magimairaj (Kar) bt Renu Barkatiya (MP) 2-0; Heena Khandelwal (Mah) bt Suniti Damani (Ben) 2-0; Keerath Bhandaal (Del) bt Amee Kamani (MP) 2-0; Meenal Thakur (Mah) bt Arya Pimpale (Mah) 2-0; Neena Praveen (TN) bt Indira Gowda (Kar) 2-1.
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