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Rakesh Roshan Pradhan ended the year on glorious note by winning the title in the 5th MIET All-Odisha Open Snooker Tournament here at Vintage Club today. In the all-Bhubaneswar thrilling final, Rakesh rallied brilliantly from 0-4 down to beat junior national champion Ashutosh Padhy 6-4.
Rakesh received the winner`s trophy and a cash prize of Rs 20,000, while Ashutosh settled with Rs 10,000. Losing semifinalists Nishant Biswal and Jeet Kishore Das pocketed Rs 5000 each, the four losing quarterfinalists took home Rs 2,500 each.
The six-day tournament witnessed a number of upsets, caused by newcomer Rakesh Barik, former state sub-junior champion Chirag Arora and Nishant Biswal. Around 50 cueists have joined the six-day tournament, which carries a total prize fund of Rs 60,000, including Rs 20,000 for the champion.
RESULTS:
First round: Akram Khan bt Pratik Surekha 3-1, Sudhir Patnaik bt Adarsh Rathi 3-0, Shyam Agarwal bt Anjan Ghosh 3-2, Rumit Gupta bt Amaresh Swain 3-0, Subrat Ghosh bt Anish Khatai 3-2, Rakesh Barik bt Rohit Sharma 3-0, Rajat Dhal bt Sabyasachi Mohanty 3-0, Gyana Das bt Mrunmaya Biswal 3-2, Amit Singh bt Chetan Jain 3-1, Abhishek Mahananda bt Arvind Verma 3-2, Biswajeet Sahoo bt Satyajit Praharaj 3-0.
Second round: Rakesh Barik bt Shivam Nag 3-2 (w/o, 42-54, 31-53, 41-32, 75-60); Amiya Nayak bt Rumit Gupta 3-0 (61-28, 60-36, 56-35); Asutosh Padhy bt Subrat Ghosh (w/o); Jeet Kishore Das bt Sudipta Dash 3-0 (55-15, 57-27, 54-22); Akash Mahapatra bt Akram Khan 3-1 (64-72, 58-12, 54-5, 69-31); Jiten Sarangi bt Abhishek Mahananda 3-2 (51-18, 44-17, 35-45, 39-52, 66-25); Ashwini Patnaik bt Mishal Swain 3-2 (65-38, 33-55, 22-48, 48-23, 69-44); Anuj Panda bt Rajat Dhal 3-0 (50-19, 37-26, 59-40); Nishant Biswal bt Shyam Agarwal 3-0 (68-31, 82-14, 82-34); Chirag Arora bt Rakesh Mohanty 3-1 (62-10, 63-32, 19-47, 75-23); S P Pattanaik bt Biraj Das 3-0 (51-45, 54-48, 46-45); Subrat Das bt Biswajeet Sahoo (w/o).
Pre-quarters: Nishant Biswal bt Amiya Ranjan Nayak 3-0 (67-14, 59-22, 47-46); Satyadeep Das bt Anuj Panda 3-1 (46-8, 48-20, 57-60, 58-26); Chirag Arora bt Jiten Sarangi 3-0 (44-39, 70-60, 70-36); Ashutosh Padhy bt Rakesh Barik 3-0 (87-25, 51-40, 65-27); Jeet Kishore Das bt Akash Mahapatra 3-0 (60-46, 86-05, 69-48); Khalid Sultan bt Amit Singh 3-1 (55-47, 42-47, 41-28, 56-35); Subrat Das bt Ashwini Patnaik 3-2; Rakesh Roshan Pradhan bt S P Pattanaik 3-1.
Quarterfinals: Jeet Kishore Das bt Khalid Sultan 4-2 (62-41, 50-59, 32-55, 67-39, 62-24, 53-15); Asutosh Padhy bt Satyadeep Das 4-2 (31-59, 57-30, 32-56, 54-49, 60-10, 74-27); Rakesh Roshan Pradhan bt Chirag Arora 4-0 (52-28, 65-19, 76-1, 46-27); Nishant Biswal bt Subrat Das 4-2(1-81, 59-46, 59-16, 63-50, 31-56, 48-37).
Semifinals: Asutosh Padhy bt Jeet Kishore Das 5-1 (75-57, 33-52, 78-23, 70-36, 57-31, 49-10); Rakesh Roshan Pradhan bt Nishant Biswal 5-3 (44-31, 53-64, 62-50, 75-73, 39-47, 69-19, 43-73, 64-39).
Final: RR Pradhan bt A Padhy 52-60, 3-73, 16-71, 35-44, 65-62, 61-12, 58-5, 56-46, 56-22 and 76-47.
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PHOTO: Rakesh Roshan Pradhan (Left) and and Asutosh Padhy with their trophies in Bhubaneswar on Dec 25, 2014.
