Amee regains National 6-Red snooker women’s crown

Khel Today Bureau 

Chennai: Multiple-time winner Amee Kamani of Madhya Pradesh regained the National 6-Red snooker women’s crown in style on Sunday, brushing aside the challenge of Anupama Ramachandran of Tamil Nadu 4-1 in the final.

“Chennai has been lucky for me and to win the title here again is special,” said Amee, who defeated the experienced Chitra M of Karnataka in the semifinals.

Anupama beat defending champion Vidya Pillai of Karnataka in the other semifinal, exacting revenge for her loss in the World 6-Red snooker final in Doha last month, but failed to carry forward the momentum.

Amee went two frames up before the local favourite took the third 42-11 as the contest appeared to be hotting up. However, Amee won the next two frames 43-0 and 48-26 to close out the match.

“I’m looking forward to the two competitions ahead,” Amee said, referring to the 15-Red snooker and billiards in the ongoing 90th National Championships at the Nehru Indoor Stadium.

In 2017, Amee won the National billiards, snooker and 6-Red snooker titles in the same calendar year.

The results: 6-Red Snooker:

Women: Final: Amee Kamani (MP) bt Anupama Ramachandran (TN) 4-1 (40-20, 47-10, 11-42, 43-0, 48-26).

Semifinals: Amee Kamani bt Chitra M (Kar) 4-2 (28-31, 29-21, 45-18, 13-34, 56-0, 49-0); Anupama bt Vidya Pillai (Kar) 4-2 (1-51, 47-8, 41-0, 25-56, 37-9, 34-0).

Quarterfinals: Amee Kamani bt Neena Praveen (TN) 4-0, Chitra M bt Arantxa Sanchis (Mah) 4-2, Vidya Pillai bt Keerthana Pandian (Kar) 4-3, Anupama Ramachandran bt R Umadevi (Kar) 4-0.