CHANDIGARH, 14TH SEPT.08 :SUMIT TALWAR WON THE SNOOKER LAST LEAGUE MATCH FROM RAJAT KHANEJA BY 3-1. BOTH PLAYER PLAYING GOOD SHOTS AND SAFETY SHOTS BUT SUMIT HIT BREAK OF 43 IN FIRST FRAME 45 IN SECOND FRAME AND RAJAT HIT 41 IN THIRD FRAME AND IN THE FINAL FRAME RAJAT WAS LEADING BY 15 POINTS THEN SUMIT HIT BREAK OF 25 AND MISS THE PINK BOLL THEN RAJAT TRIED TO SAFETY BUT SUMIT PLAYED GOOD SHOT AND WIN THE MATCH BY 3-1.TOP SEED RAJAT KHANEJA IN A CLOSE MATCH DEFEATED SANDEEP DUGGAL 3-1. (15-75,45-19,66-13,20-45 ). IN THE FIRST FRAME SANDEEP CAME UP WITH BREAKS OF 43 AND 32, IN SECOND, RAJAT RESPONDED WITH BREAK OF 34, AND IN THE THIRD AGAIN RAJAT SHOWED GREAT CUE BALL CONTROL TO REGISTER AN EXCELLENT BREAK OF 64. THE THIRD FRAME WAS TIGHT AND CLOSE BUT RAJAT FINISHED WITH BREAK OF 29 TO WIN 3-1.
IN THE SECOND LEAGUE MATCH SUMIT TALWAR SHOWED PATIENCE TO JUST OVER COME AMIT VERMA 3-2 ( 53-18,28-58,64-21,42-59,73-22). THE SECOND SEED TALWAR, WHO SHALL BE REPRESENTING INDIA SHORTLY AT CHINA, HAD TO STRUGGLE AGAINST AMIT VERMA. FIRST FRAME TALWAR MADE A BREAK OF 35, IN SECOND AMIT RESPONDED WITH BREAKS OF 28 AND 22. THIRD FRAME SUMIT MADE A CONTROLLED BREAK OF 37 TO WIN THE THIRD FRAME. IN FOUTH FRAME WHEN SUMIT WAS LEADING BY 20 POINTS, AMIT POTTED THE LONG RED AND CLEARED THE TABLE WITH AN UNFINISHED BREAK OF 37. THE MATCH SWUNG LIKE A PENDULUM. IN THE FIFTH DECIDER FRAME AMIT MISSED A SIMPLE RED POT AFTER WHICH SUMIT GAVE NO CHANCE AND CAME UP WITH BREAK OF 38,24 TO WIN THE MATCH.