Mehta falls at last hurdle, lose final tamely
19 Oct 2013 6:14 AM IST
Mehta, who scalped world champions Peter Ebdon and Mark Williams en route his final dash, lost 0-5 to world no. 4 Junhui in a lop-sided contest which saw the 27-year-old Mumbaikar struggling to find his feet in the best-of-nine-frame encounter, which lasted for two hours. This is Junhui’s eighth ranking tournament win on the professional circuit.
Mehta, who had come into the final just an hour after playing a long, intense semifinal against Scotland’s Stephen Maguire this afternoon, suffered from fatigue as the class and safety play which he had shown against his other worthy rivals was missing from his game.
Junhui too had played his semi-final against Scotland’s Robbie Williams this morning but his clash was neither as exhausting as that of Mehta nor it took him three hours to send his opponent packing home. This means, Junhui got at least 5-6 hours to recover for the match.
However, there was no denying Junhui’s shot precision and potting prowess which saw the Chinses prodigy knocking the day light out of world no.1 Neil Robertson and world no.10 John Higgins earlier in the tournament.
The youngest player ever to win three ranking titles, Junhui looked at ease against world no. 72 Mehta and not for once found the going tough.
Mehta, who had come into the final just an hour after playing a long, intense semifinal against Scotland’s Stephen Maguire this afternoon, suffered from fatigue as the class and safety play which he had shown against his other worthy rivals was missing from his game.
Junhui too had played his semi-final against Scotland’s Robbie Williams this morning but his clash was neither as exhausting as that of Mehta nor it took him three hours to send his opponent packing home. This means, Junhui got at least 5-6 hours to recover for the match.
However, there was no denying Junhui’s shot precision and potting prowess which saw the Chinses prodigy knocking the day light out of world no.1 Neil Robertson and world no.10 John Higgins earlier in the tournament.
The youngest player ever to win three ranking titles, Junhui looked at ease against world no. 72 Mehta and not for once found the going tough.
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