CUTTACK 09-Aug-2016
Ashutosh Padhy lived up to his reputation as reigning state champion by winning the title in the 2nd GKSC All-Odisha Open Snooker Tournament here at Golden King Snooker Club today. Bhubaneswar cueist Ashutosh proved too hot to handle for first-time finalist Anuj Panda as he sailed to a 6-0 victory in the lop-sided final.
Ashutosh received a cash prize of Rs 10,000, while runner-up Panda was given Rs 5,000. Ashutosh also pocketed Rs 2,000 for his historic break of 96 in the semifinal which remained the highest break of the tournament. Prizes were given away by Golden King Snooker Club owner Gyana Ranjan Behera, Mahalaxmi Alankar & Sons proprietors Sanjeet Maharana and Satyajeet Maharana.
Earlier in the semifinals, unseeded Ashutosh rode on a historic break of 96 (state record) in the sixth frame to beat Rumit Gupta by 5-2 frames, while Anuj upset experienced Subrat Das by 5-1 frames. Golden King Snooker Club organised the tournament from August 4. The the six-day tournament was sponsored by Mahalaxmi Alankar and Mahalaxmi Alankar & Sons.
RESULTS: First round: Khalid Sultan bt Rajat Dhal 3-2 (33-53, 63-47, 11-66, 55-24, 60-37); Akram Khan bt Chetan Jain 3-2 (53-38, 34-64, 26-42, 41-29, 50-47); Mishal Swain bt Rishabh Bhawsinka 3-0 (55-9, 47-8, 45-42); Zakir Ali bt Amit Singh (w/o); Siddharth Sen bt Soubhagya Behera 3-0 (62-20, 47-4, 59-34); Sarada Behera bt Jyotirmayee Behera 3-0 (53-8, 45-11, 55-20); Sanjay Wadhwa bt Hemant Singh (w/o) Rakesh Roshan Pradhan bt Md Raza 3-0 (57-35, 57-29, 66-4); Rahul Gupta bt Sureet Singh w/o; Varun Purba bt Mihir Vora 3-1 (30-55, 60-38, 53-13, 61-37); Nishant Biswal bt Rakesh Mohanty w/o; SP Pattnaik bt Sk Abdul Qadir 3-0 (52-29, 72-7, 56-16); Jiten Sarangi bt Chetan Anand 3-1 (78-18, 62-10, 52-67, 62-19); Govind Sharma bt Rahul Naik 3-2 (46-40, 43-63, 33-44, 61-18, 57-23); Biraj Dash bt Chandra Prakash Mohanty 3-0 (43-33, 55-15, 61-30).
Second round: Satyadeep Das bt Zakir Ali 3-2 (46-51, 59-62, 53-47, 50-23, 60-57); Subrat Das bt Govind Sharma 3-0 (55-28, 61-24, 71-9); Chirag Arora bt Akram Khan 3-0 (50-25, 65-41, 60-14); Anuj Panda bt Mishal Swain 3-1 (52-17, 69-36, 61-66, 57-48).
Prequarterfinals: Aakash Mohapatra bt Jiten Sarangi 3-0 (69-12, 44-22, 61-41); Jeet Kishore Das bt S P Pattnaik 3-0 (82-28, 66-45, 57-48); Khalid Sultan bt Dr Rakesh Roshan Pradhan 3-2 (44-56, 29-64, 73-36, 86-55, 78-50); Ashutosh Padhy bt Chirag Arora 3-0 (66-27, 66-28, 91-5); Satyadeep Das bt Nishant Biswal 3-2 (62-32, 56-40, 38-62, 6-44, 50-36); Rumit Gupta bt Siddharth Sen (w/o).
Quarterfinals: Aashutosh Padhy bt Aakash Mohapatra 4-2 (37-50, 66-41, 55-21, 68-0, 44-55, 100 (69)- 16); Subrat das bt Khalid Sultan 4-1 (66-9, 60-32, 38-66, 75-51, 69-10); Anuj Panda bt Satyadeep Das 4-2 (61-30, 55-27, 18-59, 52-59, 81-48, 67-17); Rumit Gupta bt Jeet Kishore Das 4-1 (46-30, 10-54, 66-31, 69-47, 48-09).
Semifinals: Ashutosh Padhy bt Rumit Gupta 5-2 (56-32, 61-18, 33-41, 35-41, 62-26, 100(96)-6, 75-15); Anuj Panda bt Subrat Das 5-1 (75-39, 52-29, 38-57, 54-33, 57-44).
Final: Ashutosh Padhy bt Anuj Panda 6-0 (73(51)-1, 66-18, 73-16, 78-21, 53-8, 84-9).
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PHOTO: Champion Ashutosh Padhy (Left) and runner-up Anuj Panda (Right) in Cuttack on August 9, 2016.
