Former World Tag Team Snooker champion and multiple world
champion Vidya Pillai reached the final of the 2022 6Red Women's World Snooker
Championship at the High-End Snooker Club on Thursday.
With that, he won the silver medal for India before
defeating the eventual champion Warathanun Sukritthanes of Thailand.
Additionally, another Indian Varsha Sanjeev added a bronze medal to the Indian
team's medal tally by reaching the semi-finals where they beat Waratthanun 1-3.
Vidya had a great run during the tournament where she swept
all but one of her tournament matches, which she lost to Hong Kong's Ip Wan In
Jaique in a straight decision. Despite this loss, Vidya improved her average
and topped Group B to secure the fifth seed for the knock-out.
In the boxing stage, Vidya advanced to the quarterfinals and
pinned one of the contestants named Narantuya Bayarsaikhan of Mongolia. Despite
having such a tough opponent, Vidya showed nerves of steel to beat her 3-2 and
secure the medal for India.
In the semi-finals, Vidya defeated Ploychompoo Laokiatphong
of Thailand winning the first three consecutive frames. He eventually settled
the bill when Warathanun won 0-4
On the other side, Vidya's domestic partner Varshaa Sanjeev
also sealed her Group C encounter with Tatiana Istomina in the quarter-finals
and won 3-0 to seal another medal for India.
The presentation ceremony was chaired by the president of
IBSF, Mr. Mubrak Al-Khayarin, Chairman, Mr. Jim Leacy, Mrs. Chow Pui Hee,
General Manager of Samaiden Group Brand and Chairman of MSBF Dato' Mohd. Anis
Hicham
World Billiards Championship (150-Up) 2022
Meanwhile, seven Indian players participating in the 2022 World Cup (150-Up) have qualified at the team level to play in the round of 16.
The knockout lineup:
Pankaj Advani (India) vs. Thawat Sujaritthurakarn (Thailand)
S. Shrikrishna (India) vs. Roslan Yurnalis (Malaysia)
Rohan Jambusaria (India) vs. Dhvaj Haria (India)
Sourav Kothari (India) vs. Loukic Pathare (India)
Dhruv Sitwala (India) vs. Yi Wei Puan (Singapore)