Mumbai
:: 11.May.2014
Sourav sizzles with
494 break
National champion
Sourav Kothari was the toast of the day when he scored a brilliant
break of 494, in the CCI Classic Billiards & Snooker Tournament on
Sunday.
The reigning national
champion, hit the competition’s highest break en route to a
convincing 1047-269 win over Maharashtra state billiards champion
Arun Agrawal.
Kothari was in dazzling
form as he delighted with impressive top-table play and added a
century break of 111 for his fourth straight win in the group that
sealed his place in the knock out pre-quarter-finals.
"I could have gone
further but I missed a difficult cannon. I was on my toes right
through, because one can never be complacent against a billiards
specialist like Arun Agrawal,"
explained Kothari.
The star player of
India, Pankaj Advani registered three consecutive wins in his group
against Satbir Narula, seasoned Chandresh Shah and World
Professional No. 7 Nalin Patel.
Advani, the national
snooker champion, warmed up with a break of 290 against Shah and 261
against Patel, apart from a slew of delightful century breaks.
"For the first time I
played the spotted balls. The conditions at the CCI are very good
for billiards and conducive for the big breaks,"
said Advani.
The other significant
winners were twice world runner-up Dhruv Sitwala of PSPB and world
bronze medalist Ashok Shandilya of Railways who missed a double
century break by a solitary point.
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