KUALA LUMPUR: Chezka Centeno saw teammate Rubilen Amit scratch the penultimate ball, enabling her to snatch a surprising and improbable 7-6 win and retain the women’s 9-ball singles gold medal in the 29th Southeast Asian Games billiards tournament at the KLCC Hall 4 on Sunday.

Poised to clean up the 13th and last rack in the race-to-seven finale with the score at 6-all, Amit calmly sank the 7-ball in the left corner pocket for a perfect set-up on the 9-ball – only to see in horror the cue ball rolling and sink in the opposite side pocket.

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