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Talwar, Amee crowned national champions

Sumit Talwar and Amee Kamani emerged victorious at the Men's and Women's snooker national championship respectively at the Karnataka State Billiards Association on Saturday.

By Chitrangada
Amee Kamani


Bengaluru, January 27: Sumit Talwar and Amee Kamani emerged victorious at the Men's and Women's snooker national championship respectively at the Karnataka State Billiards Association on Saturday.

While the men's final saw two underdogs break through the ranks to seal a final berth, the women finalists did not come as a surprise as they effortlessly sealed a final berth. Both final matches were played simultaneously at the KSBA.

In the men's final, Talwar won his maiden title for 15-Red snooker. The Chandigarh cueist, who had defeated Sourav Kothari in the pre-quarters had an easy title match. Talwar cruised to a 6-1 win, defeating RSPB's Malkeet Singh to be crowned the snooker national champion.

Earlier, in the men's category, 18-time world champion Pankaj Advani's run was cut short, after Ashutosh Padhy stunned the Karnataka cueist in the last-32. But Padhy failed to build on the big win as he crashed out in the next round to Aayush Kumar.

Meanwhile, Amee Kamani notched up the women's title second time in a row. Madhya Pradesh cueist Kamani won her second 15-red snooker title as she fought past Karnataka's Varshaa Sanjeev. Kamani proved her mettler as she fought back from three frames down to win the final 4-3.

Meanwhile, Karnataka cueist Vidya Pillai, who had lost to Kamani in the semifinal, defeated Keerath Bhandaal 2-1 to secure a third place finish.

Results:
Men Snooker National Championship:
Final:
Sumit Talwar (CHG) beat Malkeet Singh (RSPB) 6 - 1 (57-49, 45-77, 66-39, 80-51, 76-44, 66-58, 61(55)-54)
3rd and 4th placing:
Manan Chandra (PSPB) beat Shahbaaz Adil Khan (PSPB) 3 - 2 (31-67 (60), 72-18, 62-17, 27-67, 102-00);
Women Snooker National Championship:
Final: Amee Kamani (MP) beat Varshaa Sanjeev (KAR) 4 - 3 (39-65, 67-21, 54-57, 43-48, 71-46, 59-24, 50-38)
3rd and 4th placing:
Vidya Pillai (KAR) beat Keerath Bhandaal (DEL) 2 - 1 (17-59, 62-49, 70-25)

Story first published: Saturday, January 27, 2018, 18:49 [IST]
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