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.
2018 National MEN #Snooker Champion
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Sumit Talwar of Chandigarh
His Maiden title for 15 red snooker pic.twitter.com/FeyLEaXTzh
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.
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Second time in a row for 15 red snooker title pic.twitter.com/fXYEoJTWoS
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.
Champion material Amee Kamani shown remarkable comeback from 1-3 down to defend her National Women Snooker title... https://t.co/eaQEXbvwnj
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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)