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Bhubaneswar, Nov 30: Asutosh Padhy won the senior State Billiards title here Monday defeating Subrat Das in the final 150-122, 150-88 and 150-66 here at the Vintage Club. In a one-sided summit clash it was the ‘Shishya’ who triumphed over his one-time ‘Guru’. As the match progressed, Asutosh’s dominance on the green baize grew and after he had won the hard-fought first frame, he wrapped up the next two easily in the best of five final.
“I had a couple of good breaks in the first frame – one was a 40-plus break and the other above 30 and that helped me to win the match,” stated Asutosh who won his second senior state title. He also holds the state junior billiards and snooker crowns also.
The Orissa player who is currently studying law at the Government Law College in Mumbai also said that in the second and third frame, it became comparatively easy for him. “Before I shifted to Mumbai and started training with Sanjay Sawant, it was Subrat bhai who was my coach. So I could anticipate his moves also,” informed Asutosh.
Subrat in spite of losing, is happy that his one-time ward emerged victorious. “It is indeed heartening to see juniors come up and beat seniors,” said Subrat. “I am happy that Asutosh has made such good progress in the game,” he added.
In the preliminary matches of the snooker tournament which started Sunday night and was played after the billiards final Monday Jiten Sarangi beat Santanu Nanda 3-0 (62-23, 62-12, 60-20) while Jeet Kishore Das trounced M Satyakam 3-0 (65-13, 93-2, conceded the third frame). In other matches Sudip Das beat Rakesh Mohanty 3-1 while Satyakam Mohapatra defeated Akram Khan 3-2.
