Reigning World Champion, Rupesh Shah and former Asian Champion, Alok Kumar defeated their Thai opponents in semi final matches to confirm Winner's trophy for India in 12th ONGC Asian Billiards Championship 2013 being played in Indore , Madhya Pradesh.In second Semi final match, Alok Kumar, started with 61 points break in opening game and obtained initial lead of 1-Nil. But after that Praput Chaithanasukan of Thailand won two back to back games on 59 and unfinished century breaks to gain 2-1 lead. Before Praput could do further any damage, Alok got back on to the job and produced two breaks of 71 and 82 points and successfully countered Praput's lead. Alok gave an unfinished 100 points break in next game and went on in 8th game too to seal the match 5-3 and entered into final. From the other half, Rupesh Shah entered into final by identical score but in different style. Rupesh down Nil-3 elevated his game to knockout another Thai player Thawat Sujaritthurakarn.In 14th Asian Under-21 Snooker championship, Pakistan stepping in closer to title. In the quarter final match, Pakistan's Muhammad Majid Ali defeated Lu Ning of China 5-2 to meet another Chinese player Zhu Yinghui in semi finals. Zhu entered into semis after defeating his compatriot Zhou Yeulong in the decider frame 5-4.
News On AIR | April 7, 2013 9:54 AM
Rupesh Shah and Alok Kumar defeat their Thai opponents in 12th ONGC Asian Billiards Championship 2013