Sourav Kothari Clinches Maiden Senior National Snooker Title – News18

Sourav Kothari of Petroleum Sports Promotion Board (PSPB) won his maiden Senior National 15-Red snooker title, beating Paras Gupta of Uttar Pradesh 6-2 in the final here on Sunday.

Kothari beat Md Hussain Khan (RSPB) 5-0 in the semifinals and prevailed over Gupta 58-46, 72-34, 0-64, 59-25, 61-54, 21-57, 64-8, 64-25 in the final.

He had defeated his PSPB colleague Advani in the round-of-32.

Primarily a billiards player, Kothari is a former National billiards champion, and last month finished runner-up to his PSPB colleague Pankaj Advani in the IBSF world billiards final in Doha.

“It’s been a wonderful ride for me. Both a great experience and tough luck for me today,” said Gupta.

Full results: Men’s 15-Red Snooker: Final: Sourav Kothari (PSPB) bt Paras Gupta (UP) 6-2 (58-46, 72-34, 0-64, 59-25, 61-54, 21-57, 64-8, 64-25. Semifinals: Paras Gupta bt Shoaib Khan (Delhi) 5-4 (78-26, 69-17, 35-62, 40-53, 50-73, 63-23, 53-14, 15-60, 94-4; Sourav Kothari bt Md Hussain Khan (RSPB) 5-0 (83-5, 69-11, 104-1, 76-32, 60-59.

(With inputs from Agencies)