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Mehta retains Snooker title

Last Updated 04 February 2012, 16:44 IST

Aditya Mehta of PSPB won his second National Snooker Championship title in a space of six months, defeating seasoned campaigner Kamal Chawla 6-2 in the final here on Saturday.

Down 0-2, Mumbai’s Mehta took his chances once Railways’ Chawla let go possible pots and crawled his way back into the match to take the next six frames in a row to close out the affair in just under four hours.

Playing his maiden National final, Chawla started on a confident note, showing no signs of pressure. Chawla was tad bit clearer in his focus as he kept earning small but crucial breaks to take the first frame 60-2 and the second 65-48.

The decisive moment came in the third when Chawla missed a regulation pink and Mehta responded with a break of 30 and eventually won the frame to get back into the match.

Thereafter, Mehta punished Chawla for every lapse and grew in confidence as the match progressed. After taking the fourth, it was Mehta all the way as he crafted a break of 80 in the eighth to close out the match.

Results: Final: Aditya Mehta (PSPB) bt Kamal Chawla (Rly) 6-2 (0-60, 48-65, 72-49, 69-38, 80-9, 71-27, 67 (58)-1, 80 (80)-0).
Third-place play-off: Shahbaaz Adil Khan (PSPB) bt Brijesh Damani (WB) 3-1 (33-61, 76-21, 94 (71)-7, 67-28).

5-6 placings: Himanshu Jain (AP) bt Lucky Vatnani (AP) 2-0 (65 (43)-56 (47), 60-4).
7-8 placings: Manan Chandra (PSPB) bt Siddharth Parikh (Rly) 2-1 (103 (103)-0, 33-66, 73 (60)-24).

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(Published 04 February 2012, 16:44 IST)

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