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Anuja clinches title

V.V. Subrahmanyam

Anuja won the big points
Rupesh had a 240-point break in men’s billiards

HYDERABAD: Anuja Chandra won the big points to get the better of Meenal Thakur 76-73, 41-75, 77-30, 76-22 in the final of the women’s billiards event in the senior National billiards and snooker championship at the Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy Indoor Stadium (Yousufguda) here on Sunday.

Rupesh on song

In men’s senior billiards, the highlight of the day was the 240-point break by reigning world champion Rupesh Shah who was in his element against Anish Parikh of Jharkhand during his 618-178 win.

The results: Ladies: Billiards: Final: Anuja Chandra bt Meenal Thakur 76-73, 41-75, 77-30, 76-22.

Snooker: League: Arantxa Sanchiz bt Kamala Chandrababu 76-17, 68-18; Ashwini Parikh bt Sowmini Srinivas 42-67, 51-30, 68-57; Indira Gowda bt Priyanka Agarwal 57-22, 45-43; Meenal Thakur bt Mandip Kaur 63-27, 66-28; Anuja Thakur bt Shilpa Shanthapssa 70-15, 66-27; Vidya Pillay w/o Radha Khopkar; Keerath w/o T.V. Sridevi; Neeta Kothari bt Kamala Chandrababu 60-29, 59-22.

Senior billiards: Men: League (90 minute time-frame): Brijesh bt Puspinder 508-277; Arun Agarwal bt Chandresh Shah 644-194; Rupesh Shah bt Anish Parikh 618-178; S. Mumtaz Ali bt M.S. Reddy 336-262; Aditya Mehta bt P.G. Benny 474-240; Dhruv Sitwale bt Rafath Habib 423-196; K. Venkatesham bt I.V. Rajiv 398-310; Ashok Shandilya bt Md. Akram Khan 633-184; Nitin Kohli bt Hemanth 403-263; Shahbaz Adil Khan bt Manan Chandra 532-342; B. Bhaskar bt S.K. Jagtiani 444-269; Md. Asim bt Girish 497-265; Raunak Vazirani bt Ahsan-ul-Haque 351-315; Devender Joshi bt Durga Prasad 562-292; Simhachalam bt Aman Goyal 561-139; Aravind Savur bt Shakeel Ahmed 374-298.

Sourav Kotharibt C. Nishad 541-166; Aditya Mehta bt M.S. Reddy 557-228; Chandresh Shah bt Puspinder Singh 410-395; B. Dhamini bt Anish Parikh 552-257; Rupesh Shah bt Arun Agarwal 372-294; Dhruv Sitwala bt Benny 585-236; Rafat Habib bt Mumtaz Ali 437-272; Raghoo Sinha bt Shanker Rao 215-41.

Sub-juniors: Snooker: League: Udit Sharma bt Rishit Jain 46-49, 59-43, 55-33; Nehal bt Himanshu Jain 60-47, 29-42, 54-25; Andy Chin bt Sanket Saurav 63-29, 71-32, 51-60; Amit Bhushan bt Ketan Chawla 60-31, 40-67, 44-21; D. Kotari bt Naman Agarwal 41-56, 44-36, 63-32; Mujaddid A. Mujaddady bt V. Ranjith 62-20, 49-11; Maikeet Singh bt Akshay Singh 57-9, 51-19; Samarjith bt Mahaseen 47-22, 52-13; Dinesh bt Aditya 39-16, 34-42, 71-39; P. Kameshwara Sharma bt Amritpal Singh 51-19, 44-6; Mundir Sherazi w/o Anees Poddar; Amandeep Singh bt Talhah 52-29, 62-12; Rovin D’Souza bt Lakshay Dhamija 59-21, 75-15; Ronal bt Rishab 73-11, 53-10.

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