Mumbai, May 12 (PTI) In a marathon final which went on for nine hours, Ishpreet Chadha emerged a 10-7 winner over Pankaj Advani to clinch the NSCI Baulkline Snooker tournament here.

In a best-of-19 frames final, Chadha won 62-45, 4-77, 59-35, 7-65, 68-12, 57-66, 19-60, 90 (90)-0, 33-70, 0-97 (97), 99 (94)-16, 75 (67)-35, 75-27, 68-31, 83 (68)-10, 6-122 (122), 73-72.

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Advani enjoyed a superior potting as he led 4-3 at one stage, but Chadha intensified his efforts and showed consistency to edge past his opponent 238-238 in terms of balls-potted score.

The only century break in the final was a 122 in the 16th frame by Advani, after which Chadha closed out the final in the 17th.

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The win also marks an end to Chadha's wait for success against Advani, having lost 8-10 in the last year's final and also 6-8 in the CCI Snooker Classic in March.

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