Pise claims Junior snooker title

Nikhil Pise clinched the Junior snooker title in the Indian Oil Servo State-ranking billiards and snooker championship at the KSBA hall on Tuesday.

Pise emerged the champion with an all-win record in the semifinal league.

ML Lakshman finished second with two victories and a loss

Results: Junior snooker (semifinal league): M L Lakshman bt Germain Girish 3-0 (72-30, 59-3, 85-46); Nikhil Pise bt Mandeep Singh 3-0 (54-43, 60-41, 58-37); M L Lakshman bt Mandeep Singh 3-1 (59-34, 74-19, 56-70, 88 (54)-21); Nikhil Pise bt Germain Girish 3-0 (61-54, 41-6, 56-15). Final standings: N Pise, 1; Lakshman, 2; G Girish, 3; Mandeep S, 4.
Senior billiards (first round, league): I H Manudev bt Sunil Nagraik 3-0 (102-27, 100-18, 100-56); G Kishore Kumar bt R Ravi Verma 3-1 (101-46, 100-32, 86-102, 101-40); Deepak A bt S N Bharath Kumar 3-0 (100-79, 100-56, 101-92); A Santosh Kumar bt Goutham Kalro 3-2 (100-48, 100-69, 82-100, 89-100, 100-76); M L Lakshman bt V Anand 3-1 (100-52, 100-62, 72-100, 100-35); Wilson Fernandes bt Suffiyan Ahmed 3-2 (100-74, 64-100, 100-72, 60-100, 100-52); A R Arjun bt Chetan S 3-0 (101-70, 102-42, 101-82); Nadeem Azeez bt G Vishwanath 3-0 (100-63, 105-33, 100-74). Women: Billiards (league): Judy Walia bt Indira Hegde 2-0 (50-27, 50-36); Varsha Sanjeev bt Indira Gowda 2-1 (50-20, 32-50, 51-44).