India's Anupama Ramachandran Scripts History, Beats Yee To Pocket World Snooker Title
The 23-year-old Chennai girl edged out On Yee 3-2 to become the first Indian woman to annex the IBSF World Snooker (15-red) crown.
India's Anupama Ramachandran held her nerve under pressure to beat Hong Kong's Ng On Yee to clinch the World snooker title on Thursday. The 23-year-old Chennai girl edged out On Yee 3-2 to become the first Indian woman to annex the IBSF World Snooker (15-red) crown. Anupama, who won the Asian snooker title last year, got lucky towards the end when On Yee, a three-time champion, missed the final black with the score 60-61 in the decider. Anupama sank the tough black to the bottom left-hand pocket to lay her hands on the title.
The Indian ace, who ousted compatriot Keerthana Pandian 3-1 in the semifinals late on Wednesday night, staged a spirited rally twice in the best-of-five frame final.
She drew parity after losing the first frame. Down 1-2 in the fourth, Anupama came up with a gritty 29-break under pressure to level frame scores.
In the decider, the Indian ace potted a long red to the top right-hand pocket and snookered herself thrice. But On Yee failed to capitalise on the offering.
Up 61-42 with just 25 points on the table, the Indian played a poor safety on the green - which was stuck to the pink near the green cushion - to give her rival a chance to close out the match.
Fortunately for Anupama, On Yee, who took the green, brown, blue and pink, missed a sitter black. Anupama soon potted the black to emerge the champion.
Results: Women: Final: Anupama Ramachandran (Ind) bt Ng On Yee (HKC) 3-2 (51-74, 65-41, 10-71, 78-20, 68-60).
Semis: Anupama bt Keerthana Pandian (Ind) 3-1 (65-46, 78 (36) -30, 16-70, 57-9); On Yee bt So Man Yan (HKC) 3-0 (63-22, 50-32, 66-13).
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