Aditya (IOC) of Mumbai faced initial hurdles as his opponent Ashok Shandilya (Railways) from Mumbai broke by pocketing first frame on black-ball game. But he played some vital shots for grabbing next two games.
In the fourth game again Shandilya shown his potting skills but that was the only frame he could win. After that Aditya did not allow any him recovery time and went on to win the next two frames for a 4-2 victory.
In the final Aditya will take on Alok Kumar (ONGC) of Punjab who knocked out current India No. 2, Kamal Chawla 4-1.
Alok made his intentions clear from the first frame as he made an initial break of 52 points to win it.
Though Kamal bounced back in the next frame but Alok once again managed his lead by winning the next.
It was appeared that Kamal will level again but black ball win in fourth frame was enough to place Alok into comfort zone. Thereafter he won the next frame to register his name for finale.
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Today, the sixth day of the event, started with the last night carry-over match between, former India No. 2 Sourav Kothari (ONGC) from Kolkata and Nalin Patel of Mumbai.
Last night Nalin was leading 2 frames to 1 when it is deferred for the next day because of delayed schedule.
Nalin, who has already qualified for the quarters, was fighting for group's top-slot. On the other side, Sourav had to win that match to stay in the title race.
Starting from 1-2 down in the match, Sourav quickly charged up himself and was on a break of 25 when referee called a foul when he potted pink in centre pocket, passing cueball very close to adjacent red.
Though the foul remained a debatable issue, Nalin grabbed that opportunity to make a comeback and came at par demonstrating some good potting. (MORE)