JOIN USGujarat’s Dhvaj Haria retained the National Sub-junior billiards crown, scoring a hard-fought win over Maharashtra’s Jaiveer Dhingra here on Saturday.
In a thrilling hour-long final at the PYC Hindu Gymkhana, Haria held his nerve, posting a break of 49 that helped him post a 251-174 victory.
Karnataka’s ML Lakshman finished third after a 190-137 win over Ashutosh Padhy.
Results: Sub-junior: Billiards: Final: Dhvaj Haria (Guj) bt Jaiveer Dhingra (Mah) 251-174. Third-place play-off: ML Lakshman (Kar) bt Ashutosh Padhy (Ori) 190-137. Semifinals: D Haria bt A Padhy 301-153; J Dhingra bt ML Lakshman 327-249.
Snooker: Round of 32: Saransh Chaudari (Har) bt Dilip Akshaive (TN) 2-1; Nikhil Pise (Kar) bt Abhinav Kripalu (Mah) 2-1; B Jagadish (TN) bt Suraj Rathi (Mah) 2-1; Yash Bansal (MP) bt Mark Menezes (UP) 2-1; Nikhil Arora (Har) bt Shivam Mehta (Mah) 2-1.
Junior: Billiards: Final qualifying: Ishpreet Chadha (Mah) bt Arjun Mehta (Kar) 400-311; Harshit Sharma (MP) bt Umesh Barve (Mah) 391-332.
First round: Malkeet Singh (UP) bt Bharat Sharma (Har) 398-257; Khalil Badami (Mah) bt Nikhil Pise (Kar) 369-267; Ketan Chawla (MP) bt ML Lakshman (Kar) 594-349; Ishpreet Chada (Mah) bt Vicky Agarwal (AP) 615-231.