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  National treble for cueist Ashutosh Padhy
23 Feb 2014 BHUBANESWAR
 

Odisha sensation Ashutosh Padhy clinched a glorious treble by adding the junior snooker crown to the sub-junior billiards and snooker titles in the National Billiards and Snooker Championship at Lucknow today.
Bhubaneswar lad Ashutosh captured his maiden junior snooker title, winning all three of his semifinal league matches against junior billiards champion Dhvaj Haria, Ishpreet S Chadha and Sahil Nayyar. With his junior title triumph, Ashutosh has qualified to represent India in the Asian Under-21 Snooker Championship to be held in Chandigarh April 4 to 10 and also in the World U-21 Snooker Championship to be held in Russia later this year.
Ashutosh earlier regained the billiards title after a gap of three years, beating Arjun Mehta (Karnataka) in the one-hour-long final, 251-121. He retained his snooker title, outplaying Johnson Narsidani (Gujarat) 3-0 in the summit clash.
Ashutosh had claimed his previous billiards title in the 6th edition of the National Sub-junior Championship at Pune in August, 2010. Overall, he now has six National titles in his kitty.
Son of BJP leader and former minister Surama Padhy, Ashutosh put up modest performance in his maiden senior national billiards championship, winning two and losing three league matches in Group-D.
 

Among other Odisha cueists Naman Salat, Sahil Arora and Krishna Prayag Naik fell at first hurdle in sub-junior billiards. In sub-junior snooker, Krishna Prayag Naik, Sahil Arora and Naman Salat also lost in respective first match.
Subrat Das, hitherto the top most cueist of the state, participated in the senior billiards category of the National championship. He lost two and won three of his league matches to finish third in Group-C.
PEFORMANCE OF ASHUTOSH:
Sub-junior billiards:
Second round: Beat Kreish Gurbani (Maharashtra) 261-118. Third round: Beat Mani Kishore (AP) 240-114. Quarterfinals: Beat Johnson Narsidani (Gujarat) 307-112. Semifinals: Beat ML Laxman 251-203. Final: Beat Arjun Mehta (Karnataka) 251-121.
Sub-junior snooker: Second round: Beat Naswin D’Souza (Goa) 2-0 (52-23, 77-12). Third round: Beat Kartik Dhingra (Delhi) 2-0 (62-2, 69-19). Fourth round: Beat Abhishek Yadav (Delhi) 2-0 (79-1, 81-43). Quarterfinals: Beat Mark Menezes (UP) 2-1 (65-20, 30-74, 52-17). Semifinals: Beat Mandeep Singh (UP) 2-0 (60-42, 72-39. Final: Beat Johnson Narsidani (Gujarat) 3-0 (67-1, 62-0, 60-37).
Junior billiards: Pre-quarterfinals: Beat Sahil Nayyar (Punjab) 290-148. Quarterfinals: Lost to Dhvaj Haria of (Gujarat) 272-313.
Junior snooker: Round of 32: Beat E Sundar Raj (Tamil Nadu) 3-0 (64-37, 54-47, 51-25). Pre-quarterfinals: Beat Suyash Moorpana (Delhi) 62-17, 74-56, 76-53. Quarterfinals: Beat Hritik Jain (MP) 3-1 (58-52, 75-34, 2-66, 55-24). Top-four league: Beat Ishpreet S Chadha (Maharashtra) 4-3 (59-35, 65-1, 47-60, 45-64, 63-51, 0-77, 60-28); beat Sahil Nayyar (Punjab) 4-3 (84-44, 65-8, 1-88, 31-68, 0-71, 69-46, 58-50); beat Dhvaj Haria (Gujarat) 4-1 (55-43, 57-58, 57-46, 67-17, 64-24).
Senior billiards: Group league: Beat Dhvaj Haria 3-1 (101-67, 102-69, 58-102, 102-81); beat Shankar Rao (AP) 3-0 (101-78, 100-73, 100-45); lost to Shivam Arora (Bihar) 1-3 (100-82, 100-54, 9-102, 102-59); lost to Dhruv Sitwala (PSPB) 0-3 (100-58, 101-18, 100-14); lost to IH Manudev (Karnataka) 0-3 (101-67, 102-57, 100-44).
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TOP: National sub-junior billiards champions Ashutosh Padhy in Lucknow on February 17, 2014.
RIGHT: Ashutosh Padhy receives the junior snooker trophy in Lucknow on February 13, 2014.
 
   
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