CUTTACK 24-Sep-2017
Ashutosh crowned champ in GKSP All Odisha 6-Red Snooker Tourney
Pupil prevailed over coach as youth international Ashutosh Padhy beat Subrat Das 6-4 in the final to capture the title in the 1st Golden King All Odisha Open 6-Red Snooker Tournament at Golden King Snooker Parlour (GKSP) in Cuttack today.
Reigning Junior National champion Padhy won the match 36-13, 17-32, 35-29, 15-38, 28-19, 23-25, 47-0, 60-17, 21-41, 45-12 and cash prize of Rs 15,000. He also pocked two more prizes Rs 5,000 and Rs 2,000 for his historic highest break of 75 at the league stage.
Runner-up Das received Rs 8,000. The losing semifinalists received Rs 4000 each and the losing quarterfinalists Rs 2000 each. The prize distribution ceremony took place in the presence of Golden King Snooker Parlour owner Gyana Ranjan Behera and senior layer Govind Sharma.
RESULTS:
LEAGUE STAGE:
Player with four wins: 1. Jeet Kishore Das bt Khalid Sultan 3-2, bt Rahul Gupta 3-1, bt Mishal Swain 3-1, bt Khalid Sultan 3-2.
Player with three wins each: Aakash Mohapatra bt Shyam Agarwal 3-1, bt Akram Khan 3-2, bt Akram Khan 3-0. Ashutosh Padhy bt Sudipta Dash 3-0, bt Satyadeep Dash 3-1, bt Sudipta Dash 3-0. Aswini Pattnaik bt Rohit Sharma 3-0, bt Soubhagya Behera 3-2, bt Soubhagya Behera 3-1. Nishant Biswal bt Santanu Nanda 3-1, bt Sarada Behera 3-1, bt Sarada Behera 3-0. Rakesh Roshan Pradhan bt Godwin Kulu 3-0, bt Mihir Vora 3-1, bt Mihir Vora 3-0. Santanu Nanda bt Govind Sharma 3-2, bt Gyana Behera 3-1, bt Govind Sharma 3-0. Subrat Das bt Smruti Ranjan Behera 3-0, bt Amiya Ranjan Nayak 3-1, bt Zakir ali 3-2. Sudipta Das bt Sk Abdul Kadir 3-1, bt Abhishek Behera 3-2, bt Jyotirmay Behera 3-1. Zakir Ali bt Smruti Behera 3-0, bt Amiya Nayak 3-0, bt Dillip Behera 3-1.
Players with two wins each: Akram Khan bt Udbhas Mohapatra 3-0, bt Shivam Singhal 3-2. Godwin Kullu bt Sandeep Agarwal 3-1, bt Sandeep Agarwal 3-0. Khalid Sultan bt Amaresh Swain 3-1, bt Ashish Sharma 3-1. Mihir Vora bt Adarsh Jain 3-2, bt Chandra Prakash Mohanty 3-0. Mishal Swain bt Asish Sharma 3-2, bt Khalid Sultan 3-2. Sarada Behera bt Naresh Rao 3-0, bt Santanu Nanda 3-0. Smruti Ranjan Behera bt Dillip Kumar Behera 3-1, bt Biswajeet Sahoo 3-1. Soubhagya Behera bt Ranjeet Pati 3-0, bt B Dash 3-2.
Players with one win each: Amiya Ranjan Nayak bt Zakir Ali Khan 3-2, Anuj Panda bt Satyakam Mohapatra 3-0, Ashish Sharma bt Rahul Gupta 3-2, Biraj Dash bt Ashwini Patnaik 3-2, Govind Sharma bt Naresh Rao 3-0, Rahul Gupta bt Amaresh Swain 3-0, Ranjeet Pati bt Rohit Sharma 3-0, Sandeep Agarwal bt Chandra Mohanty 3-1, Satyadeep Das bt Jyotirmay Behera 3-0,
10. Shivam Singhal bt Shyam Agarwal 3-0, Shyam Agarwal bt Shivam Agarwal 3-2.
QUARTERFINALS: Quarterfinal Results: Asutosh Padhy bt Aakash Mohapatra 4-2. Subrat Das bt Ashwini Pattnaik 4-0. Rakesh Roshan Pradhan bt Jeet Kishore Das 4-0. Nishant Biswal beat Rumit Gupta 4-2.
SEMIFINALS: Subrat Das beat Nishant Biswal 5-4. Asutosh Padhy bt Rakesh Roshan Pradhan 5-2.
FINAL: Ashutosh Padhy beat Subrat Das 6-4 (36-13, 17-32, 35-29, 15-38, 28-19, 23-25, 47-0, 60-17, 21-41, 45-12).
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PHOTO: Ashutosh Padhy (C) and Subrat Das (R) with Golden King Snooker Parlour owner Gyana Ranjan Behera in Cuttack on Sept 24, 2017.