Delhi’s Dhruv Sarda scored a comfortable win over Shabbir Dhankot to retain the Wissen Bangalore Open Tenpin Bowling Championships title here at Amoeba Bowling Centre on Saturday.
In the final of the Open Division played on Challenge the Leader format, top-seeded Sarda defeated Tamil Nadu’s Dhankot 234-180 to take home the crown and lay hands on the Rs 1.25 lakh cheque.
Sarda started with two spares and followed it up with a turkey in next three frames. He finished the final two frames with a bagger and a score of 234. Dhankot opened frame 1 with a 7-10 split before scoring double strikes in the next two frames. He opened again in frame 8 and did not get connection of strikes to finish with score of just 180 and lose the final.
Dhankot pips Akaash
Earlier Dhankot pipped local favorite Akaash Ashok Kumar by two pins (247-245) to move into the finals.
Akaash comfortably won his match against teenage sensation Kishan R of Karnataka (247- 158) who played his maiden Step Ladder round.
In the Masters round of the Open Division, Sarda (3418), Shabbir (3404), Kishan R (3357) and Akaash Ashok Kumar (3346) finished on top of the table after 16 games and made it to the Step Ladder knock-out round.
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