Maharashtras Meenal Thakur outplayed Anuja Chandra of PSPB 76-59,17-75,76-55,75-55 to lift the womens national billiards crown at the National Billiards & Snooker Championships at the PYC Hindu Gymkhana,here on Friday.
In the snooker leagues,Vidya Pillay of Tamil Nadu defeated Aradhana Naik of Karnataka 86-21,56-26 while Indira Gowda of Karnataka defeated Saniya Arik of Chennai 38-22,48-10. Keerath Bhandal of Delhi beat Aradhana Naik 26-10,39-50.
Results: Women:
Billiards: Finals:Meenal Thakur (Mah) bt Anuja Chandra (PSPB) 76-59,17-75,76-55,75-55;
Women: Snooker: Group League:Vidya Pillai (TM) bt Aradhana Naik (Kar) 86-21,56-26;Indira Gowda (Kar) bt Saniya Arif (Ch) 38-22,48-10;Keerath Bhandaal (Dli) bt Aradhana Naik 26-10,39-50,52-51;Priyanka Agarwal (Ori) bt Renu B. 42-35,51-33;Heena K. bt Laxmi S. 54-9,54-2;R. Umadevi (Kar) bt Shreya Kothari 45-11,88-28;Meenal Thakur (Mah) bt Shilpa Shanthappa 65-37,51-13;Anuja Chandra (PSPB) bt I.Laheri (AP) 67-8,73-2;Priyanka Agrwal (Ori) bt Chitra Mangimairaj (Kar) 51-46,63-41.
Mens: Snooker Qualifying Round:Pulkit Thukral bt Arbaz Khan 60-23,97-19,64-21;Akshay Kumar bt Chintamani S. 54-13,58-25,62-18;Vishal Agarwal bt Shekhar Salunkhe 49-60,55-21,86-1,66-11;Raj Khandwalla bt Bhupesh Thakur 79-47,32-52,55-39,43-36.