Cueing in a flawless manner in combination with fine billiards skills of potting, in- off making, cannons and superb cueball control as also an excellent match temperament and U have a complete package of Rayaan Razmi, the winner of the Sub – junior billiards title of the 2020 Manisha Vascon billiards & snooker national championship on Monday evening here at the PYC Hindi Gymkhana club in Pune.
Rayaan’s state mate Sumehr Mago was expected to give a good fight but he was swept away by the masterly display of this hugely talented Maharashtra player Rayaan who won on a trot at 627-263 points in the two hour final, much to the joy of the home crowd.
Chalking up breaks of 41,53,77,69,45 and 61, Rayaan was simply unstoppable on this evening.
Earlier in a battle between the Razmi brothers, Rayaan playing steadily beat his younger brother, Shahyan in a ninety minutes semi final of the Sub – junior billiards by 490-261 points having breaks of 65 and 51.
In the other semi final, in the meanwhile on another table, Maharashtra’s Summer Mago scored an extremely close victory in a virtual cliff- hanger, winning by 319-308.
It was anybody’s game till the last, with Sumehr being the luckier player to have the last strike on the dotted balls pipping Kreish by just 11 points when the bell rang to end the match.
In the battle to decide the third and fourth place, Kreish Gurbaxani of Maharashtra outclassed his state mate, Shahyan Razmi by 386-212 points.
While Rayaan was making great waves by winning a title in the Juniors billiards event, another promising lad from Telengana K Vibhas giving glimpses of a bright future for himself in the three balls game even as he scripted an easy
398-128 points victory over Haryana player Arsh Noor Singh.
The manner of his play impressed the knowledgeable as he stroked the balls with felicity, playing a well planned out, methodical string of 8 in- offs into the centre pocket while playing from hand and keeping the object red ball on a tight leash.
I. S. Malik
Media Officer,
UPBSA
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