Rahul claims his
maiden All India title
Former National
6Reds runner-up, Rahul Sachdev of Maharashtra achieved his career
best by winning the 1st All India Open - Invitational Snooker
Championship 2016 at Aurangabad.
Sailing in cue sports since last five years, Rahul had achieved the
highest by reaching in the National 6Reds final in the year 2013 but
winning the All India level Invitation tournament is a major
breakthrough and certainly will raise his confidence in the years to
come.
In the final, Rahul defeated current national 6Reds no.4 Pushpender
Singh of Railways 5-3. Though Pushpender emerged as a strong
contender and had lost only one frame before reaching the final but
Rahul was determined, focused and made his intentions clear in the
first frame only where he scored a break of 104. however,
Rahul went down by two frames but after that
he capitalized the finale in his own style and won the title 5-3.
(Frame Score 110(104)-23, 24-70, 32-83, 62-64, 65-08,
84-06, 71-63, 98-49).
Before reaching the final, Rahul oust Laxman Rawat (Railways) 5-1
whereas Pushpender Singh knocked out Kamal Chawla of Railways 5-1.
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Results
Aurangabad
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29 February
2016
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