Roshan Thyagarajan Champion

World Billiards champion Pankaj Advani presented trophy to 9 ball pool tournament winner Roshan Thyagarajan and Satish B(runner up) organised by SWAB in KBA on Wednesday.in Bangalore,Also seen President KBA M C Uthappa.


Roshan Thyagarajan of Deccan Herald overpowered B Satish of Deccan Chronicle 2-0 to emerge triumphant in the inaugural SWAB-KSBA 9-ball pool tournament at the KSBA Hall on Wednesday.

Roshan had edged out Deepak Vikraman 2-1 in an all-Deccan Herald semifinal earlier in the day, while Satish was too strong for R Sathish Paul of Bangalore Mirror in the other semifinal, scoring a 2-0 victory.

Prizes were given away by World Billiards champion Pankaj Advani, KSBA president MC Uthappa and BSFI secretary S Balasubramaniam.

Results:

Final:  Roshan Thyagarajan (Deccan Herald) bt B Satish (Deccan Chronicle) 2-0. Semifinals: Roshan bt Deepak Vikraman (Deccan Herald) 2-1; Satish bt R Sathish Paul (Bangalore Mirror) 2-0. Quarterfinals: Roshan bt Sidney Kiran (Deccan Herald) 2-0; Deepak bt Omkar Murthy (Prajavani) 2-1; S Paul bt Md Nooman (Prajavani) 2-0; Satish bt Biju Babu Cyriac (Times of India) 2-1.