Tamil Nadu's S. Shrikrishna clinched the sub-junior billiards title, defeating top seed Ishpreet Chadha of Maharastra at the National Billiards & Snooker Championship here Monday.
The final scoreline read 326 (54, 55) - 283 (52).
From the outset, the 14-year-old Shrikrishna played an attacking game. Starting off from a cannon, he made the first break of 54 points. However, after a few visits, Ishpreet countered and made a break of 52 points, but once again Shrikrishna exhibited excellent shots and made another break of 55 points.
Shrikrishna kept scoring at regular intervals to get closer to the national title at the Bengal Rowing Club.
Finally, the timer rang and Shrikrishna became the national champion of the sub-junior billiards category for the year 2015.
Results:
Sub-junior snooker:
(Pre-quarters)
S.Shrikrishna (TN) bt Abhinav Singh (UKD). Frame: Shrikrishna: 57-24, 77(54)-13
(Round of 32)
Shrikrishna (TN) bt Anshul Agarwal (MP). Frame: Shrikrishna: 92-17, 65-55. Abhinav Singh (UKD) bt Mehul Saini (HR). Frame: Abhinav: 54-22, 24-59, 43-37
Rohan Sahni (MH) bt Sumair (AP). Frame: Rohan: 68-14, 58-46
Taaha Khan (MH) bt Bhavin Sanaiya (GJ). Frame: Taaha: 42-40, 54-43
Kartik Dhingra (DL) bt Akil Rajani (GJ). Frame: Kartik: 43-58, 59-21, 70-53
Shobhit Sethi (PB) bt Sparsh Pherwani (MH). Frame: Shobhit: 56-24, 62-23
Tanveer Dhawan (WB) bt KKR Venkatesh (TN). Frame: Tanveer: 54-20, 63-15
Johnson Narsidani (GJ) bt Rajesh Kumar (ASM). Frame: Johnson: 77-33, 55-40
Ishpreet Chadha (MH) bt S Arvind Raja (TN). Frame: Ishpreet: 90(40)-5,90-7
Shivam Parashar (HR) bt Raghav Agarwal (GJ). Frame: Shivam: 59-24,49-57,54-34
Hritik Jain (MP) bt Sumehr Mago (MH). Frame: Hritik: 66-14, 56-9
Malav Parikh (GJ) bt Kartik M. (KTK). Frame: Malav: 63-16, 66-42
Kaavya Bharath (TN) bt Parambrahma Subudhi (OR). Frame: Kaavya: 66-13, 47-17
Md. Hussain Khan (MP) bt Md. Shoaib (WB). Frame: Hussain: 59-23, 76-24
Harmehr Mago (MH) bt Tridip Deka (ASM). Frame: Mago: 16-49,63-43,53-52
Mandeep Singh (UP) bt Aditya Bhalla (DL). Frame: Mandeep: 51-43,75-23
National junior billiards (90 mins) (R32)
Ishpreet Chadha (MH) W/O Tanurag Gautam (CH).
Md. Hussain Khan (MP) bt Anubhav Shukla (UP) 254-159.
E.Sunder Raj (TN) bt ) Sahil Arora (OR) 410-163.
Arjun Mehta (KTK) bt M.B. Ashutosh (TLGN) 301-245.
Nikhil Pise (KTK) bt Mandeep Singh (UP) 300(49, 92)-179.
Kaavya Bharath (TN) bt Rohit Yadav (ASM) 479-296.
Avinash Sharma (DL) bt Md. Shoaib (WB) 305-140.
Nikhil Saigal (MH) bt M. Manikishore (AP) 317-177.
Jagadesh B. (TN) bt Rishabh Gulati (DL). 432(50,68)-138
Laukik Pathare (MH) bt Rajwardhan Joshi (MH) 411-249.
Hritik Jain (MP) bt Animesh Fatehpuria (WB) 415-221.
Johnson Narsidani (GJ) bt Mohit Pal (PB) 435-195.
Shrikrishna (TN) bt Barun K. Naik (OR). ______
Malav Parikh (GJ) bt Md. Shoaib Khan (WB) 360-245.
Sparsh Pherwani (MH) W/O Dhiraj (TLGN).
M.L. Laxman (KTK) bt Rajesh Kumar (ASM) 498-166.
(Prelims)
E.Sunder Raj (TN) bt Dhirendra Baid (WB) 357-158.
Rohit Yadav (ASM) bt Raghav Agarwal (GJ) 243-217.
Avinash Sharma (DL) bt Shivam Parashar (HR) 127-58.
Laukik Pathare (MH) bt Ajinkya (HR) 320-166.
Malav S. Parikh (GJ) W/O Vikrant Kapoor (PB).
Sparsh Pherwani (MH) bt Vidit Jain (AP) 303-205.
