Cueists Durga, Pandu top in Fateh Maidan Club event

There was no stopping Durga Prasad and Pandu Rangaiah who clinched the billiards and snooker titles with clinical efforts in the 32nd FMC Billiards and Snooker Championship at Fateh Maidan Club late Monday night.

The billiards title clash was a close affair with neither Prasad nor Himanshu Jain budging an inch before the former wore down his opponent for a 4-3 verdict.

It was a bad day in office for Jain as he failed to make it to the title even in the snooker event where he pose dnio major opposition to Pandu Rangiah, who won the clash raher easily at 4-1.

Results (all finals):Billiards: Durga Prasad bt Himanshu Jain 4-3 (145-151, 150-70, 150-143, 150-86, 145-151, 70-151, 151-67);

Snooker: Pandu Rangiah bt Himanshu Jain 4-1 (11-55, 67-60, 86-21, 76-38, 51-12), Semifinals: Jain bt Khizar Raoof 4-0; Pandu Rangiah bt James Sunder Raj 4-2.