Sushma Uday clinches carom title

BHOPAL: Sushma Uday lifted women’s title of the IES inter-bank carom tournament, organised in the city on Wednesday. Final of the men’s category will be organized on Thursday.
In the title round, Sushma of the RBI was in the dominating position from the word go. Grabbing the first game 12-0 against NABARD’s Pushplata, the RBI contestant sent her message of winning the title.Such was Sushma’s dominance against her opponent that she conceded only two points. She grabbed the title with 8-2 in the second game. Earlier, Sushma defeated NABARD’s Vishakha 8-5 and 16-0 in the semi-final.
The absorbing contest witnessed in the men’s category where round of last 16 was played. NABARD’s Sri Ram Aiyyar and Arvind Dhuliya of the RBI demonstrated splendid skills on the board. The match began in the favour of Arvind after he took the first game 13-06. However, he failed to maintain the rhythm in next part of the game.
Bouncing back in the match, Ram turned the tide with a thumping 10-01 win in the second game. Levelling the score 1-1, Arvind dominated the third game.