Kolkata :: 5 January 2015
Shrikrishna wins his
maiden national title
National Sub-Junior Billiards Champion 2015 - S. Shrikrishna of Tamil Nadu
14-year-old boy from Tamil Nadu, S. Shrikrishna becomes the 2015 National
Sub-Junior Billiards champion today by defeating this year's top seed
player Ishpreet Chadha of Maharashtra 326-283 here in BRC-Gloster National
Billiards and Snooker Championship at Bengal Rowing Club, Kolkata.
Shrikrishna was in his attacking form since the first shot of his visit.
Starting off from a cannon, he made first break of 54 points. However,
after few visits, Ishpreet countered that and made break of 52 points, but
once again Shrikrishna exhibited excellent shots and made another break of
55 points.
After that Shrikrishna did not look behind and kept scoring at regular
intervals to get closer to the national title.
Finally, the timer rang and Shrikrishna became the national champion of
Sub-Junior category for the year 2015.
Sub-Junior Snooker:
Shivam Parashar from Haryana in action against
Raghav Agarwal of Gujarat.
Shivam Parashar from Haryana beat Gujarat's player Raghav Agarwal 2-1 in a
very exciting Round of 32 match in Sub-Junior Snooker category.
Shivam Parashar had no problem in winning the first frame, but he lost the
second frame by narrow margin (49-57) and landed into the decider.
In the decider, Raghav gave him a very tough fight and was leading by 8
points with all colour balls on table. At that stage, Shivam planted a
challenging snooker, which awarded him 12 points and lead over Raghav.
However, Raghav tried to pull the match but couldn't succeed and Shivam
potted all colours till pink in couple of visits and moved into Last 16
stage.
Junior Billiards
The Junior Billiards main round started today where Ishpreet Chadha of
Maharashtra reached in Pre-quarters after getting a walkover from Tanurag
Gautam of Chandigarh.
Jagadesh B. of Tamil Nadu registered an easy win over Rishab Gulati of
Delhi 432-138. Jagadesh made two breaks of 50 and 68 points.
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Results and Other Details
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