Akash Mohapatra emerged champion in the 1st All Odisha Open Six-Red Snooker Tournament, defeating Soubhagya Behera in the final by 7-3 frames here at Vintage Club today. This was the maiden title for Akash, who won the best-of-13-frame final  41-4, 38-17, 48-34, 30-33, 26-4, 11-40, 61-0, 22-25, 30-17, 45-0.

Earlier in the semifinals, Akash beat Rakesh Roshan Pradhan, while Soubhagya upset Nishant Biswal by 6-5 identical frames. Around 40 cueist from across the state participated in the league-cum-knockout tournament, which commenced on July 24.

Players were placed in eight groups and after completion of group league matches, top two from each group advanced to the knock-out (pre-quarterfinals) stage. Organised by Vintage Club, the tournament carried a total cash prize of Rs 27,000, including Rs 10,000 for the champion.

The runner-up received Rs 5,000, loosing semifinalists Rs 2,000 each, loosing quarterfinalists Rs 1,000 each and loosing pre-quarterfinalists Rs 500 each. Trophy and cash prizes were distributed in the presence of Vintage Club wwner Amiya Nayak, organising commeette members and senior players of the state.

RESULTS:

LEAGUE STAGE:
Five-match winner: Rumit Gupta bt Kapil Gupta 3-0, bt Rakesh Mohanty 3-1, bt Rakesh Pradhan 3-2, bt Avinash Mahapatra 3-0, bt Ranjit Pati 3-0.
Four-match winners: Chandra Mohanty bt Anuj Panda 3-2, bt Gyana Das 3-1, bt Md Suhel 3-0, bt Satyadeep Das 3-2. Nishant Biswal bt Rahul Gupta 3-0, bt SK Battu 3-0, bt Akram Khan 3-0, bt Udhbas Mohapatra 3-0. Soubhagya Behera bt Aman Sharma 3-1, bt Varun Purba 3-1, bt Chirag Arora 3-1, bt Jagdish Mohanty 3-0.
Three-match winners: Akash Mahapatra bt Asish Bhatta 3-0, bt Govind Sharma 3-1, bt Biraj Das 3-0. Amiya Nayak bt Rahul Hali 3-0, bt Shyam Agarwal 3-0, bt Sonu Mohanty 3-0. Biraj Dash bt Govind Sharma 3-1, bt Bichitrananda Palai 3-2, bt Asish Bhatta 3-0. Chirag Arora bt Varun Purba 3-0, bt Aman Sharma 3-1, bt Jagdish Mohanty 3-0. Khalid Sultan bt Jajati Panda 3-1, bt Sibasis Biswal 3-1, bt Jiten Sarangi 3-0. Mishal Swain bt Sonu Mohanty 3-1, bt Sameer Ali 3-1, bt Rahul Gupta 3-1. Rakesh Roshan Pradhan bt Avinash Mahapatra 3-0, bt Rakesh Mohanty 3-1, bt Ranjit Pati 3-2. Sarada Behera bt Khalid Sultan 3-2, bt Jajati Panda 3-1, bt Sibasis Biswal 3-1. Subrat Das bt Nilesh Patel 3-2, bt Godwin Kulu 3-1, bt Kunal Agrawal 3-1.
Two-match winners: Godwin Kulu bt Vishal Agarwal 3-1, bt Nilesh Patel 3-1
Govind Sharma bt Sidharth Sen (w/o), bt Bichitrananda Palai 3-1. Jiten Sarangi bt Sibasis Biswal 3-2, bt Sarada Behera 3-1. Nilesh Patel bt Kunal Agarwal 3-1, bt Godwin Kulu 3-2. Satyadeep Das bt Md Suhel 3-0, bt Gyana Das 3-0. Sonu Mohanty bt Sameer Ali 3-0, beat Rahul Hali 3-1.
One-match winners: Akram Khan bt SK Battu 3-0. Anuj Panda beat Md Suhel 3-1. Avinash Mahapatra bt Kapil Gupta 3-1, Bichitrananda Palai bt Asish Bhatta 3-1, Gyana Das bt Md Suhel 3-0, bt Md Suhel 3-0. Jagdish Mohanty bt Varun Purba 3-1. Jajati Panda bt Jiten Sarangi 3-1 (conceded). Kunal Agrwal bt Godwin Kulu 3-1. Rahul Hali by Shyam Agarwal 3-0, Rakesh Mohanty bt Avinash Mahapatra 3-2. Ranjit Pati bt Rakesh Mohanty 3-0. Shyam Agarwal bt Mishal Swain 3-2. SK Battu bt Udbhas Mahapatra 3-2,
Vishal Agarwal bt Nilesh Patel 3-1. Udbhas Mahapatra bt Akram Khan 3-0

KNOCK-OUT STAGE:
Pre-quarterfinals: Akash Mahapatra bt Sarada Behera 4-2, Amiya Nayak bt Udbhas Mahapatra 4-2, Chirag Arora bt Subrat Das 4-1, Khalid Sultan bt Anuj Panda 4-3, Nishant Biswal bt Nilesh Patel 4-1, Rakesh R Pradhan bt Chandra Mohanty 4-0, Rumit Gupta bt Mishal Swain 4-1, Soubhagya Behera bt Biraj Das 4-0.
Quarterfinals: Akash Mahapatra bt Chirag Arora 5-1, Rakesh R Pradhan bt Amiya Nayak 5-1, Nishant Biswal bt Khalid Sultan 5-4, Soubhagya Behera bt Rumit Gupta 5-3.
Semifinals: Soubhagya Behera beat Nishant Biswal 6-5. Akash Mahapatra beat Rakesh Roshan Pradhan 6-5.
Final: Akash Mahapatra beat Soubhagya Behera 7-3 (41-4, 38-17, 48-34, 30-33, 26-4, 11-40, 61-0, 22-25, 30-17, 45-0).
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PHOTO: Champion Aakash Mahapatra (R) and runner-up Soubhagya Behera at the All Odisha Open Six-Red Snooker Tournament in Bhubaneswar on July 30, 2017.