Zhou fired rapid 130 points break; Alok moved into Billiards knockout

02 April 2013

On second day of ONGC 14th Asian Under-21 Snooker championship, the break machine from China registered another century break but this time better he bettered the previous one by scoring 130 with 14 red clearance. Zhou constructed this break while playing against Nitesh Madan (India) in the evening session of day 2 here in Indore Tennis Club, Indore, Madhya Pradesh in India.

Nitesh, after potting first red, played safe from where Zhou smashed a long pot and started picking balls one by one. He went smoothly till the last 4 reds were left on the table in a form of a small bunch. To open that Zhou played exceptionally well black pot using follow-spin and succeeded to continue on break that ended at 130.

During the entire match, Zhou registered frame winning breaks in every frame. He scored 40, 60 and 65 points in first, third and fourth frames, those were enough to shatter India No.2, Nitesh Madan.

Nitesh had also lost his morning session match NIL-4 against Muhammad Majjid Ali (Pakistan). He has already lost 3 matches and his chances to qualify for knockout have already been diminished.

In all India affair, Malkeet Singh registered 4-1 win against compatriot, Vishal Vaya. Vishal managed to win only second frame and had no further chance.

In Billiards segment, former Asian champion, Alok Kumar, confirmed his berth for the knockout Quarter Final stage. Though all the round robin matches will end on 4th April, but in his group combination he clearly stepped into knockout.

In today's match, though Alok lost the first game but had no difficulty further in defeating his compatriot Dhvaj Haria 4-1.

Meanwhile, Aung Htay (Myanmar) defeated the other Indian player K. Venkateshham 4-2. Leading 2-Nil, Aung played little loose and Venkatesham took advantage by winning third game narrowed the margin.

Sniffing the danger, Aung registered century break to maintain the lead but Venkatesham again bounced back and clinched next game. Before Venkatesham could do anything in sixth game, Aung scored 87 points break to seal the match 4-2.

Both the players from Vietnam, Nguyen Thanh Long and Nguyen Thanh Binh won their respective matches easily defeating Mohd. Yousef (Pakistan) and Fan Kian Sang (Singapore) by identical scores 4-NIL.