Rajat Dhal bagged a double by winning titles in both sub-junior and junior snooker categories of the State Cuesports Championship at Cue Sport Academy in Bhubaneswar today. Naman Salat secured the sub-junior billiards titles, while Sahil Arora captured the junior billiards crown in the four-day championships, which was organised by Cue Sport Academy, under the aegis of Billiards & Snooker Association of Odisha.
RESULTS:
Sub-junior billiards: Quarterfinal: Prem Nayak beat Asish Sharma 123-66. Semifinals: Naman Salat beat Rahul Nayak 94-54; Sahil Aurora beat P Nayak 152-79. Final: N Salat beat S Aurora 107-90.
Sub-junior snooker: First round: Rakesh Kumar Barik beat Naman Salat 2-1 (15-44, 48-38, 65-58); Ashish Sharma beat Adarsh Rathi 2-1 (36-50, 39-34, 74-39), Anish Khatai beat Prem Nayak 2-0 (62-26, 70-29), Akram Khan bt Chandra Mohanty 2-0 (56-26, 51-30); Sidhant Bastia bt Rahul Nayak 2-0 (52-40, 46-12); Rajat Dhal bt Ankur Swain 2-0 (52-32, 82-32); Dipankar Muduli bt Himanshu Pradhan 2-0 (72-30, 70-35). Quarterfinals: A Khan bt D Muduli 2-1 (38-61, 58-39, 51-46); Rakesh Barik bt Anish Khatei 2-0 (70-37, 56-44); R Dhal bt Ashish Sharma 2-0 (73-58, 48-20); Sahil Arora bt S Bastia 2-0 (46-18, 60-18). Semifinals: A Khan bt S Arora 2-1 (57-18, 29-55, 79-20); R Dhal bt R Barik 2-0 (50-21, 48-26). Final: R Dhal bt A Khan 2-0 (66-40, 52-39).
Junior billiards: Quarter finals: Rahul Nayak bt Atul Sharma 114-76; Prem Nayak bt Piyush Sharma 113-112; Sahil Arora bt Ashish Sharma 113-107. Semifinals: S Arora bt P Nayak 81-69, Noman Salat bt R Nayak 92-73. Final: S Arora bt N Salat 84-79.
Junior snooker: Prequarters: Noman Salat bt Lalit Agarwal 2-0 (69-10, 86-14); Atul Sharma bt Anish Khatai 2-0 (39-24, 51-22); Rajat Dhal bt Chandra Mohanty 2-0 (68-47, 83-23); Dipankar Muduli bt Piyush Sharma 2-0 (64-48, 48-42); Akram Khan bt Prem Nayak 2-1 (50-43, 86-4, 66-24); Rakesh Barik bt Rahul Nayak 2-0 (40-18, 52-17); Sarada Behera bt Ashish Sharma 2-1 (50-35, 37-63, 83-59); Sahil Arora bt Usmaan Khan 2-1 (48-53, 38-18, 59-11). Quaterfinals: Noman Salat bt Atul Sharma 2-0 (60-18, 55-48); Rajat Dhal bt Dipankar Muduli 2-0 (23-56, 44-50); Akram Khan bt Rakesh Barik 2-0 (62-32, 57-51); Sarada Behera bt Sahil Arora 2-1 (44-41, 37-47, 38-34). Semifinals: R Dhal bt Noman Salat 52-24, 63-13; A Khan bt Sarada Behera 56-34, 51-17. Final: Rajat Dhal bt Akram Khan 3-2 (49-24, 28-55, 49-70, 52-41, 54-46).
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PHOTO: State sub-junior billiards champion Naman Salat in Bhubaneswar on October 16, 2014.