Tamil Nadu contender Anupama Ramachandran and Madhya Pradesh’s Amee Kamani clinched the first and second positions respectively at the conclusion of the Women’s ‘Y’ Camp (1st leg) round-robin league of the GSC World Snooker Qualifiers, a BSFI National Selection Tournament, organized by The Sportal and played at the Goregaon Sports Club billiards hall.
Amee Kamani
Both Anupama and Amee, finished with 5 wins each, but the former with a slender frame difference (frames won 17, frames lost 7) of 10 as compared to Amee’s frames difference (FW 15, FL 6) of 9 grabbed pole position.
In the final round of matches, India number 4 Anupama Ramachandran defeated Delhi’s Keerath Bhandaal 3-1 (57-23, 73-30, 45-63 and 59-10), while India number 2 Amee was at her best and with a fine effort of 64 points in the second frame, scored a confidence-boosting 3-0 win against National champion Vidya Pillai of Karnataka coasting to a 51-20, 86(64)-08 and 64-31 victory.
Vidya and Varsha Sanjeev of Tamil Nadu, both 4 wins to their credit were placed third and fourth respectively.
In Men’s competition, India’s highly acclaimed cueist and India number 2 Pankaj Advani (PSPB) stamped his authority with a classy 4-1 win against National champion Aditya Mehta (PSPB) in the Men’s Y-camp final round-robin match. Advani was in control and constructed an 84 points break in the third frame and cantered to a 66-23, 55-45, 94(84)-26, 30-68 and 72-58 victory to finish unbeaten in the 7-player league.
Aditya and India number 3 Laxman Rawat (PSPB) both having suffered two defeats each claimed the second and third positions respectively.
Results –
Women’s Y-camp (1st leg): Amee Kamani (MP) beat Vidya Pillai (KTK) 3-0 (51-20, 86(64)-08, 64-31); Arantxa Sanchis (MAH) beat Chitra Magimairaj (KTK) 3-0 (60-33, 65-62, 64-54); Anupama Ramachandran (TN) beat Keerath Bhandaal (DEL) 3-1 (57-23, 73-30, 45-63, 59-10).
Men’s Y-camp (1st leg): Pankaj Advani (PSPB) beat Aditya Mehta (PSPB) 4-1 (66-23, 55-45, 94(84)-26, 30-68, 72-58); Himanshu Jain (TEL) beat Dhvaj Haria (PSPB) 4-2 (73-01, 61-67, 06-62, 55-16, 69-45, 62-49); Pushpender Singh (RSPB) beat Neeraj Kumar (RSPB) 4-3 (79(75)-07, 18-59, 67-15, 71(43)-49, 25-68, 32-54, 54-17).