Singapore’s Venus Lim claims 10-ball title at Commonwealth Billiards C’ships

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Singapores Venus Lim (left) won the Commonwealth Billiards Championships 10-ball title, while compatriot Audrey Chua was second in the snooker competition.

PHOTO: JOY BILLIARDS

Summary

• Venus Lim wins the Commonwealth Billiards Championships womens 10-ball final after a comeback and shoot-out, marking her biggest career triumph.
• Audrey Chua reaches the womens snooker final but loses to Englands Rebecca Kenna, achieving her best result after starting snooker five months ago.
• Lim and Chuas success boosts Singapores womens cue sports, inspiring others as they aim to compete at more international meets, says Cuesports Singapore chief.

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SINGAPORE – Down 2-5 in a race to seven racks within 100 minutes, Singapore’s Venus Lim found herself with a mountain to climb in the Commonwealth Billiards Championships women’s 10-ball final against India’s two-time world snooker champion Chitra Magimairaj.

But the 22-year-old pulled off a remarkable comeback in Mauritius on July 6 to tie the score at 5-5, before prevailing 4-2 in a shoot-out to score the biggest triumph of her career.

She told The Straits Times: “I took a timeout at 2-5 down and told myself to cool down, take my chances for each ball and rack, and enjoy the process. I controlled my breathing and tried to concentrate on the game and not on the rack difference.

“But as much as I wanted to fight back, I also thought the three-rack deficit was too much to overcome. Furthermore, she has just the nine and 10-ball to clear in the eighth rack to move within a rack of