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Jeet Kishore Das (Cuttack) regained his senior snooker title after a gap of two years, outplaying Ahsan-ul Haque (Nalco) 6-3 in the final of the 18th State Billiards and Snooker Championship, which concluded at Cue Club here today. Incidentally, Second seed Jeet had won his maiden state senior snooker title, defeating Haque in the final as well.
SUBRAT RETAINS SENIOR BILLIARDS TITLE: Earlier, Subrat Das of Adarsh Group won the senior billiards champion for the fourth time in a row here at Cue Sport Academy. In the semifinal league, Das won two matches and got walk-over in the third to place himself at the top of the table.
DOUBLE CROWN FOR ASHUTOSH: National sub-junior snooker champion Ashutosh Padhy bagged a double by emerging champion in the sub-junior snooker and junior billiards categories. Padhy retained the junior billiards crown, defeating Chirag Arora in the final. With this win, Padhy avenged the defeat he suffered in the junior snooker final against Arora four days ago. Bespectacled Padhy regained the sub-junior snooker title after a gap of one year, defeating Piyush Sharma (Cuttack) in the final.
CHIRAG DETHRONES ASHUTOSH: Cuttack teenager Chirag Arora emerged the new junior snooker champion, dethroning top seed and local favourite Ashutosh Padhi 3-1 in the final here at Cue Sport Academy. With the conclusion of the championship, the State squad was finalised for the National Billiards and Snooker Championship to be held at Pune from January 12 to February 4.
RESULTS:
Senior billiards (SF league): Subrat Das bt Kunal Agarwal 3-2 (151-74, 151-99, 113-151, 117-150, 151-102). Kunal Agarwal bt Devbrat Rout 3-2 (128-151, 142-150, 150-76, 151-26, 151-82). Subrat Das bt Ahsan-ul Haque 3-2 (152-64, 152-28, 147-150, 115-151, 151-82). Ahsan-ul Haque bt Dvbrat Rout 3-1 (150-68, 121-150, 150-55, 150-122). Subrat Das bt Devbrat Rout 3-0 (w/o).
Senior snooker (Final): Jeet Kishore Das beat Ahsan-ul Haque 6-3 (74-13, 30-62, 48-71, 66-26, 63-28, 48-64, 53-29, 71-40, 57-45).
Junior snooker (Final): Chirag Arora bt Ashutosh Padhi 3-1 (69-94, 63-16, 69-66, 63-32).
Junior billiards (Final): Ashutosh Padhy bt Chirag Arora 285-135.
Sub-junior snooker (Final): Ashutosh Padhy bt Piyush Sharma 2-0.
ODISHA SQUAD FOR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP:
Senior billiards: Subrat Das, Ahsan-ul Haque. Senior snooker: Jeet Kishore Das, Ahsan-ul Haque. Junior billiards: Ashutosh Padhy, Chirag Arora. Junior snooker: Chirag Arora, Ashutosh Padhy. Sub-junior billiards: Ashutosh Padhy. Sub-junior snooker: Ashutosh Padhy, Piyush Sharma.
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PHOTO: Subrat Das in action at the State Senior Billiards Championship in Bhubaneswar on Dec 3, 2011.
