Haque, Das set up senior billiards final

Second seed Subrat Das will meet fourth seed Ahsan-ul Haque the final of the 15th Orissa State Senior Billiards Championship at Cuesport Academy here on Sunday. In the semifinals, Nalco cueist Haque rode on a break of 68 in the fifth frame to upset the applecart of defending champion Kunal Agarwal 3-2, while Das rallied from behind to overcome third seed Amit Lath by identical margin. Earlier in the quarterfinals, experienced Haque faced stiff fight against Hardeep Singh Saluja before romping home by 3-2 frames. But Lath did not any difficulty in trouncing state junior snooker champion Nishant Biswal 3-0. Results: Quarterfinals: Ahsan-ul Haque bt Hardeep Singh Saluja 3-2 (93-100, 101-77, 100-29, 96-101, 101-48): Amit Lath bt Nishant Biswal 3-0 (100-64, 104-74, 101-50). Semifinals: A Haque bt Kunal Agarwal 3-2 (142-150, 152-117, 150-109, 148-151, 151-85): Subrat Das bt Amit Lath 3-2 (151-100, 125-150, 111-151, 150-109, 150-116). PHOTO: Ahsan-ul Haque plays his semifinal match at the State Senior Billiards Championship in Bhubaneswar on August 1, 2009.