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Arantxa Sanchis wins Women’s Billiards title

| | Jan 23, 2015, at 02:44 am
Kolkata, Jan 22 (IBNS): 24-year-old Arantxa Sanchis of Maharashtra annexed the Women’s Billiards title beating her vastly more experienced opponent and state-mate Meenal Thakur at the BRC Gloster National Billiards & Snooker Championship at the Bengal Rowing Club Thursday.
Arantxa played a patient game and kept her composure intact even when Meenal snatched the third frame 27-75, and then proceeded to play some fine shots in the fourth and final frame to leave Meenal second-best with the score reading 77-19. The match-end tally read 4-1 in Arantxa’s favour with the scoreline at 75-74, 75-45, 27-75, 77-19.
 
 Aranxta had demolished Vidya Pillai 2-0 in the Quarters and Chitra M of Karnataka 2-0 in the semis. Meenal came into the finals after winning a see-saw battle 2-1 against R. Umadevi of Karnataka.
 
 
 Avinash Kumar knocks out Rafath Habib in Men’s Snooker
 
 Unheralded but talented Delhi youngster Avinash Kumar, who had won the Junior Snooker title, showed that he had the big match temperament to take on and beat much more fancied opponents. In the Senior Men’s Knock-out round, he eliminated Rafath Habib 4-3 with scores reading 29-83, 72-46, 13-80, 54-80, 52-27, 61-31, 68-58. Rafath Habib of RSPB has represented India in the Busan Asian Games.
 
  
 
SENIOR MEN’S SNOOKER KNOCK OUT
 
ROUND OF 32
 
Best of 7 Frames
 
 
SCORES               
 
               
Pankaj Advani (PSPB) beat Anupam Jha (BH) 4-0
 
86-06, 72-6, 88-9, 96-6
 
 
 
Sundeep Gulati (DL) beat Vipin Premi (UP) 4-2
 
76-01, 15-122, 66-39, 75-00, 45-47, 65-50
 
 
 
Alok Kumar (PSPB) beat Laxman Rawat (MH) 4-0
 
110-11, 67-23, 60-23, 57-23
 
               
 
Faisal Khan (RSPB) beat Arshad Zama (WB) 4-3
 
98-00, 10-124, 25-62, 66-38, 85-38, 7-78, 62-48
 
               
 
Dharminder Lilly (PB) beat Ishpreet Chadha (MH) 4-2
 
54-74, 77-7, 84-7, 44-73, 84-64, 61-20
 
               
 
Dhwaj Haria (PSPB) beat I. V. Rajiv (AP) 4-2
 
87-32, 87-0, 24-60, 0-70, 79-15, 52-45
 
               
 
Himanshu Jain (TLGN) beat Anuj Uppal (DL) 4-2
 
95-42, 23-73, 71-30, 41-65, 81-15, 69-28
 
               
 
Shahbaaz Adil Khan beat Rajat Khaneja 4-3
 
81-20, 22-84, 29-49, 99-31, 62-38-38-54, 72-08     
 
 
 
Manan Chandra (PSPB) beat Manish Jain (WB) 4-1
 
58-54, 96(78)-9, 82-89, 69-56, 68(52)-22
 
               
 
Shivam Arora (BH) beat Rupesh Shah (PSPB) 4-2
 
94(68)-19, 61-11, 37-90, 38-70, 72-31, 76-33
 
 
 
Monu Chaudhary beat Ankit Kariwala 4-2
 
84-11, 60-04, 92-14, 25-65, 11-83(78), 76-35
 
 
 
Devendra Joshi (PSPB) beat Lalrina Renthlei (MZ) 4-3
 
09-60, 91(64)-09, 57-66, 52-63, 86-17, 71-58, 65-38
 
               
 
Varun Madan beat Siddharth Parikh 4-1
 
70-58, 09-126(126), 70-28, 68-31, 79-07
 
               
 
Brijesh Damani beat Bharat Sisodiya 4-0
 
69-38, 82(68)-31, 63-14, 76-38
 
               
 
Avinash Kumar (DL) beat Rafath Habib (RSPB) 4-3
 
29-83, 72-46, 13-80, 54-80, 52-27, 61-31, 68-58
 
               
 
Kamal Chawla (RSPB) beat Manav Panchal (Mh) 4-1
 
73(62)-63, 50-62, 95-21, 64-34, 74-35
 
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