Lahiri tied-13th, Bubba leads Rd3
PACIFIC PALISADES (US): Anirban Lahiri turned in a superb fourunder 67 in the third round to rise to tied 13th ahead of the fourth and final round at the Genesis Open here. After holing two 30-footers for birdies in his remaining three holes from the second round, Lahiri fired five birdies against a bogey in the third round to total 208. He is five-under and five shots behind the leader -- two-time Masters champion, Bubba Watson (65).
“I felt like it was the first time in a while where I kept my intensity and concentration at a high level throughout the 21 holes I played today (Saturday),†Lahiri said.
CHAWRASIA TIED-53RD MUSCAT: SSP Chawrasia finished at Tied 53rd after carding oneunder 71 in the final round of the NMB Oman Open here today.
The two-time Hero Indian Open winner, who defends his title next month, finished at oneover 289. Chawrasia was disappointed that despite 15 birdies in the week, he gave away a lot of shots, including three double bogeys — two in third round on 15th and 18th and another in the final round on the fourth. “That was quite disappointing. Those errors, six shots in all, cost me hugely,”said Chawrasia. Joost Luiten (68) got the better of Chris Wood (69) in a final-day battle to win his sixth European title.
DAMANI WINS
MUMBAI: Kolkata-based cueist, Brijesh Damani won the CCI Snooker Open 2018 defeating state-mate Sourav Kothari 7-1 in a one-sided affair. The match turned towards Damani from the first frame where despite trailing by 40 points, he succeeded to seal the frame 57-48. Though Kothari managed to take one frame, he couldn’t save the vastly done damage of 5 initial frames.
PROMOTE SPORT
The most successful cue player in the history of the country with a total of 18 world titles, Advani though added that this perception would not be broken unless a vigorous effort was made by Billiards and Snooker Federation of India (BSFI) to promote it as mass friendly games.
GREAT CURRENT LOT
The Pune-born player was also all praise for the current lot of Indian cueists.
“We have plethora of stars in snooker and billiards. It’s not necessary to win world titles to be recognised as a good player. We have many silver and bronze medallists at world level and they are really good.”
Advani, who is an avid admirer of tennis great Roger Federer, concluded by saying that he is really enjoying his life at this moment and would like to open his academy in future.
“I am really happy with my life at both professional and personal fronts. Somewhere down the line, I would like to open an academy and give something back to the game.”