Bhubaneswar: Odisha's ace cueist Ashutosh Padhy emerged champion of the 7th Golden King Open Snooker Championship 2026, defeating Nishant Biswal 4-3 at Golden Q Snooker Kafe, CDA, Cuttack on Sunday.
In the semi-finals, Nishant Biswal defeated Aakash Mohapatra 4–1, while Ashutosh Padhy overcame Anuj Panda by an identical 4–1 margin to set up the title clash.
The champion Ashutosh and runner up Nishant Biswal received a cash award of Rs 25,000 and Rs 13,000 respectively along with trophies. Ashutosh also gathered highest break point cash award of Rs 5,000 with 68 break points,
Semi-finalists Aakash Mohapatra and Anuj Panda received cash prize of ₹6,000 each and trophy, while quarter finalists Subrat Das, Sudipta Dash, Dr. Rakesh Roshan Pradhan and Chirag Arora received ₹3,000 each.
GK Group of Companies founder Gyana Ranjan Behera, Co-founder Smruti Ranjan Behera , Rajendra Puhan and Bhabani Sankar Mohanty were present at the closing ceremony.
