Amee Kamani of Madhya Pradesh came up with a solid display to floor reigning IBSF World snooker champion Anupama Ramachandran 3-1 in the final of the women’s National Snooker Championship in Bahadurgarh in Haryana on Sunday evening.
In a clash between equals, Amee played the big points well to dethrone the reigning national champion. Although the bespectacled Anupama came into the final on the back of a brilliant break of 95 in the semis earlier in the morning, Amee upped her game a notch after the two split the first two frames.
The 33-year-old southpaw kept Anupama on a tight leash and scored whenever she got the opportunity. Amee, who defeated Keerthana Pandian of Karnataka 3-1 in a tough semifinal in the morning, rode on her experience to outplay the Tamil Nadu cueist for her seventh National snooker title.
“It feels really nice as I missed out narrowly on winning the title last year. Playing the same rival and winning is a totally different feeling,” said an elated Amee. “National Championship happens once a year so it is a prestigious crown to wear,” added the Indore cueist.
Earlier, Keerthana outplayed Ishika Shah 2-0 to clinch the bronze medal.
Results (final): Amee Kamani (MP) bt Anupama Ramachandran (TN) 3-1 (50-33, 21-57, 75-22, 65-13).
Third-place playoff: Keerthana Pandian (Kar) bt Ishika Shah (MP) 2-0 (52-47, 65-27).
Semifinals: Anupama bt Ishika 3-0 (64-10, 95 (95) -9, 47-11); Amee bt Keerthana 3-1 (6-58, 60-34, 69-42, 60-36).
Final standings: 1. Amee Kamani; 2. Anupama Ramachandran; 3. Keerthana Pandian; 4. Ishika Shah; 5. Aanya Patel (Guj); 6. Snenthra Babu (TN); 7. R Umadevi (Kar); 8. L Shruthi (TN).
