Ishpreet Singh Chadha of Maharashtra won his maiden National sub-junior snooker title here at the BRC on Tuesday, outplaying Shobhit Sethi of Punjab 3-0 in a final that lasted a little over an hour.
After winning a tough first frame, the 18-year old Ishpreet wrapped up the next two in quick time, winning 46-42, 71-31, 67-04.
“I have been trying to win this for the past five years. I have been training under (former Asian champion) Yasin Merchant for the past one year and this is a good result for me,” said Ishpreet.
The match was devoid of any big break, but it was Ishpreet’s consistency that proved decisive.
Earlier, top seed S. Shrikrishna of Tamil Nadu — who won the billiards title on Monday beating Ishpreet — was shocked in the quarterfinals by Rohan Sahani of Maharashtra.
The results: Final: Ishpreet S. Chadha (Mah) bt Shobhit Sethi (Pnb) 46-42, 71-31, 67-04. Semifinals: Shobhit bt Rohan Sahani (Mah) 62-15, 68-17; Ishpreet bt Mandeep Singh (UP) 57-09, 72-28. Quarterfinals: Rohan bt S. Shrikrishna (TN) 56-48, 70-19; Shobhit bt Johnson Narsidani (Guj) 59-0, 71-41; Ishpreet bt Hritik Jain (MP) 62-29, 58-37; Mandeep bt Hussain Khan (MP) 55-52, 59-52.
Junior billiards semifinals (round-robin): Ishpreet Chadha (Mah) 535 bt Nikhil Pise (Kar) 155; B. Jagadish (Kar) 505 bt Shrikrishna (TN) 357. Quarterfinals: Ishpreet 415 bt Arjun Mehta (Kar) 204; N. Pise 429 bt Avinash Kumar (Dle) 246; Jagadish 358 bt Hritik Jain (MP) 284; Srikrishna 476 bt M.L. Laxman (Kar) 359.
