Golden boy done it again. Alok wins Bronze; Team India also confirmed medal in Snooker

Golden boy has done it again. 25 years old Pankaj Advani successfully defended the gold medal he won in 2006 Doha Asian Games, here today when he defeated Nay Thway Oo of Myanmar 3 games to 2. After losing first game, Pankaj wins the second game to level the match but went down 1-2 from where he recovered and winning successive two games, he bags first gold medal for India and Cue Sports in Asian Games 2010. Nay Thway Oo’s performance also remained excellent as he made his presence in the final on his first appearance in Asian Games. He defeated former World Champion Peter Gilchrist in the semi final.

Alok Kumar also made India proud by confirming medal for India by reaching into Semi Finals. He defeated two big names of Pool world i.e. Ricky Yang of Indonesia in Quarter Final and Efren Reyes of Philippines in Last-16. Alok now become the first Indian to win any medal for India in Pool category. Later in the day he lost his Semi Final match and settled for Bronze.

In Ladies 8Ball Pool, Indira Gowda winning her first match advanced to Pre-Quarter finals defeating her opponent FMN Hend Alnaser of Kuwait 5-3. Though there was disappointment for Neeta Sanghvi as she lost her match 3-5 against Akimi Kajitani of Japan and out.

Finally late in the night, Team India comprises of Yasin Merchant, Aditya Mehta and Brijesh Damani confirmed another medal for India defeating Team Singapore 3-1 in Quarter Final match. Now they will meet Team Pakistan tomorrow in Semi Final match.

Results (14.11.2010)

English Billiards:

Semi Final

Pankaj Advani beat Kyaw Oo (Myanmar) :: 3-2 (100-28, 00-100, 100-77, 11-100, 101-00)

Final

Pankaj Advani beat Nay Thway Oo (Myanmar) :: 3-2 (33-100, 100-61, 12-101, 101-04, 100-45)

8Ball Pool (Men)

Pre-Quarter Finals:

Alok Kumar beat Poh Soon Lee (Malaysia) :: 7-5

Sumit Talwar beat Yi Ko Pin (Taipei) :: 7-6

Quarter Finals

Alok Kumar beat Ricky Yang (Indonesia) :: 7-4

Sumit Talwar lost to Nasution Irsal (Indonesia) :: 4-7

Semi Finals

Alok Kumar lost Cheng Kuo Po (Taipei) :: 5-7

8Ball Pool (Women)

Prelim Round:

Indira Gowda beat FMN Hend Alnaser (Kuwait) :: 5-3

Neeta Sanghvi lost to Akimi Kajitani (Japan) :: 3-5

Snooker Team (Men)

Quarter Final:

India (Yasin Merchant, Aditya Mehta, Brijesh Damani) Beat Singapore (Chun Kiat Lim, Boon Chin Ang) :: 3-1 (71-09, 75-50, 70-96, 67-59)