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Journalism of Courage
India came back from the brink of defeat to beat Thailand 2-1 and lift the Asian Open Invitational Snooker team championship at Beijing today.
National champion Alok Kumar, who was playing the deciding rubber, stared defeat in the fourth frame before coming back strongly to beat Kobkit Palajin 3-2 and clinch the title for the Indians.
Alok was down 1-2 and trailed by 50 points but the experienced cueist came up with a half-century break to win the frame on black ball.
He went on to win the next frame and avenge their defeat against the same opponent in the league stage.
The Indians had gone down to Thailand 0-3 in their opening league encounter. India, failed to get a good start as Manan Chandra went down 1-3 against Paithoon Phonboon in the first rubber. Pankaj Advani then levelled the score for the Indians when he beat Supoj Saenlah 3-1 and took the match to the decider.
