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Subrat Das retained the senior billiards title in the 25th Odisha State Billiards Championship at Cuttack Club here today. He beat his Bhubaneswar city opponent Kunal Agarwal in the exciting final by 4-3 frames. This was the eighth state senior billiards title for Das.
Earlier, Barun Kumar Naik and Abinash Mohapatra captured the state junior billiards and snooker titles respectively. Mohapatra also finished junior billiards runner-up, while Tarun Patnaik became runner-up in junior snooker.
Organised by Billiards & Snooker Association of Odisha, the championship featured 36 entries in senior snooker, seven in senior billiards, five in junior snooker and two in junior billiards events.
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Champion and runner-up in junior billiards, snooker and senior billiards will be representing Odisha in the National Championships to be held at Indore. But in senior snooker, the top three finishers will be eligible for the National championship.
RESULTS:
Junior Billiards: Final: Barun Kumar Naik beat Abinash Mohapatra 216-93.
Junior Snooker: Knock-out: Tarun Patnaik bt Ansuman Mishra 2-0 (58-13, 71-21). League: Abinash Mohapatra bt Barun Kumar Naik 2-0 (54-43, 51-24); Tarun Patnaik bt Nishi Prakash Das 2-1 (84-73, 34-72, 70-40); Barun Kumar Naik bt Nishi Prakash Das 2-1 (74-34, 26-42, 59-10); Abinash Mohapatra bt Tarun Patnaik 2-0 (81-39, 50-30); Tarun Patnaik bt Barun Kumar Naik 2-1 (57-34, 23-47, 43-46); Nishi Prakash Das bt Abinash Mohapatra 2-1 (46-21, 41-43, 49-36).
Senior Billiards: Quarterfinals: Rakesh Roshan Pradhan bt Sameer Ali 2-0 (101-34, 101-64); Kunal Agarwal bt Indrajeet Sarangi 2-0 (102-27, 102-67); Sandipani Misra bt Rohit Sharma 2-0 (100-37, 100-34). Semifinals: Kunal Agarwal bt Rakesh Roshan Pradhan 3-0 (152-26, 151-49, 160-46); Subrat Das bt Sandipani Misra 3-0 (150-30, 151-134, 152-53). Final: Subrat Das bt Kunal Agarwal 4-3 (152-110, 69-151, 137-150, 116-152, 151-102, 150-84, 151-115).
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TOP: State senior billiards champion Subrat Das (Left) with runner-up Kunal Agarwal at Cuttack Club on Nov 4, 2018.
RIGHT: State junior snooker champion Abinash Mohapatra (Left) and junior billiards champion Barun Naik Patnaik at Cuttack Club on Nov 3, 2018.
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