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Kunal Agarwal successfully retained his junior billiards title in the 15th Orissa State Billiards and Snooker Championship at Cuesport Academy in Bhubaneswar today.
In the final, Kunal beat Nishant Biswal 411-222 to bag the title for the sixth time in a row. Altogether seven cueists participated in the junior billiards event, which would be followed by junior snooker championship from July 28 to 31 with 19 competitors in the fray.
Results: First round: Asutosh Padhy bt Abhilash Manahanda 183-124, Nishant Biswal bt Japkirat Singh Oberai 210-145, Sourya Prasad Pattnaik bt Dhananjay Garg 159-108.
Semifinals: N Biswal bt A Padhy 188-168, Kunal Agarwal bt SP Pattnaik 262-152.
Final: K Agaral bt N Biswal 411-222.
Photo: State junior billiards champion Kunal Agarwal.