Gujarat State Open Ranking Billiards and Snooker Championship: Ankur captures maiden state title

AHMEDABAD: Forty-year-old Ankur Khetan exhibited impressive billiard skills and stunned defending champion Abhimanyu Gandhi in the final and win his maiden state title in the Gujarat State Open Ranking Billiards and Snooker Championship which is jointly organized by Rajpath Club and Gujarat State Billiards Association (GSBA).
Khetan won the five-game format 150-122, 100-150, 150-147, 93-150, 150-115. But Gandhi was confident enough to score high in potting and level the score at 150-100.
Other results
Senior snooker: Deven Soni bt Kushal Shah 2-1 (56-33, 43-48, 45-40); Rushab Patel bt Parth Darji 2-0 (52-42, 54-32); Kamal Karera bt Dhaval Patel 2-0 (53-41, 55-15); Parth Soni bt Kapil Sharma 2-0 (66-35, 70-46); Het Pancha bt Viraj Thakker 2-1 (38-45, 49-36, 48-38).
Junior snooker: Dhaval Goswami bt Rishin Patel 2-1 (54-22, 49-52, 63-34); Karmesh Patel bt Keyur Patel 2-1 (24-50, 63-32, 36-10); Dhaval Panchal bt Sukan Solanki 2-1 (66-42, 22-33, 59-42); Sumit Patel bt Monarch Chauhan 2-1 (70-29, 14-53, 51-13)