The Chinese pair of Jin Long and Tian Pengfei outplayed two of the country's top snooker exponents, Yasin Merchant and Pankaj Advani, to win the final of the Rs 6.25 lakh Reid and Taylor Bombay Gymkhana Snooker Championship on Saturday.
The Chinese won 1009-620.
Potting with uncanny accuracy, the Chinese pair of Jin Long and Tian Pengfei rendered the final into a no-contest after a sluggish start, which saw them trailing the Indians till the fifth frame.
Trailing Yasin and Advani 216-269 after four frames, the Chinese just seemed to lift their game to higher level as Jin Long rifled in a break of 85 in the fifth.
He followed it up with breaks of 67 in the seventh, 80 in the ninth and Pengfei got a 76 in the 10th as the Indians were reduced to mere spectators.
The difference of 389 points at the end was a commentary on the discrepancy between the standard of the two teams.
It were Indians who found the early rhythm, with Advani potting well and Yasin struggling, as he did in the semi-finals.
A break of 58 in the second frame by Advani bode well for the Indian team's prospects, but the Chinese, who were biding their times predators do, pounced in when the slightest opportunity arose.
Both the times it was Yasin, who gave them the break, missing relatively easy pots to lay the path for the Chinese resurgence.
The Chinese duo chose to play down their victory, saying it was more of an exchange programme between the two countries rather than a competitive final. But the manner in which they decimated the challenge of the Indians told a different story.
Both Yasin and Advani accepted defeat graciously, saying, "They were just too good for us on the day."
Following are the final scores: Jin Long and Tian Pengfei (China) 1009 (55, 36, 66, 59, 85, 76, 137, 133, 93, 76, 44, 64, 75) bt Yasin Merchant and Pankaj Advani 620 (70, 109, 38, 52, 30, 32, 4, 7, 44, 35, 87, 56, 56).
