Lim Pockets 'Unreal' Title After Unlikely Fightback

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 pool final against India's two-time world snooker champion Chitra Magimairaj.

- David Lee

But the 22-year-old pulled off a remarkable comeback in Mauritius on July 6 to tie the score at 5-5 at the end of regulation time, 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 victory.

"I thought she would pot them, but she left the nine-ball hanging around the pocket. I took my chances well and fought back into the match to take it to the shoot-out."