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Kathmandu Thursday March 15, 2001 Chaitra 02, 2057.
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Rajen Lama enters
final
Post Report
KATHMANDU, March 14 - Rajen Lama of Chorten
Snooker entered the final of First Surya Nepal Snooker Championship beating Niraj Gurung
of Everest Snooker in a very competitive 10 set match in the first semi-final held at
Cosmos Solarium today.
Lama, who won the first set lost to Gurung in
2nd and 3rd set. Not many people would have thought of Lama winning the game at the start
of the fourth set but he took the fourth set easily. Gurung, giving a tough fight to Lama
won the next two frames. However, the day belonged to Lama as he delivered the knock-out
punch taking away the last four frames. Lama won 54-45, 33-80, 44-60, 112-8, 38-84, 52-56,
51-41, 93-18, 71-38 and 59-57 in today’s’ first semi-finals. Lama was also
successful in breaking the record of highest break of Niraj Gurung by scoring 49 points in
today’s game.
Likewise, in yesterday’s quarter final
match, Shankar Thapa defeated Sanjay Mulmi 42-55, 60-31, 81-26, 65-42, 40-50, 50-31 and
77-8 in a eight set match.
Tomorrow’s semi-final will be played
between Tashi Wanchuk and Shankar Thapa.
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