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Kolkata :: 17 January 2015
Advani claims seventh National Billiards
title
'AIMING FOR DOUBLE CROWN BY WINNING SENIOR
SNOOKER AS WELL' says the ace cueist
India's ace cueist and 12-time world champion, Pankaj Advani of PSPB,
convincingly shut out his colleague and
'probably best friend'
Dhruv Sitwala at the BRC Gloster National Billiards Championship at the
Bengal Rowing Club today. Advani has won the title six times before: in
2012 (Pune), 2011 (Chennai), 2009 (Agra), 2008 (Indore), 2007 (Hyderabad)
and 2005 (Mumbai).
Sitwala, the billiards specialist whose immense talent has placed him to
two World Championships finals and three National Championship finals,
could do little as Advani reeled out five straight frames victories with
the sequence reading 150(55,80)-28, 150(150)-00, 153(153)-00,
150(82,61)-81(81), 153(50,103)-00.
 "I
was feeling on top of the world after posting back to back 150s because it
does not happen very often. I'm extremely happy to produce my best game in
the final,"
Advani said annexing his first national billiards title since 2012.
"Those two 150s in the second and third frames really put the match away
from him. It would have been a totally different game had he (Sitwala) won
the first frame."
Sitwala's best came in the fourth frame when he posted a break of 81 but
Advani upped the ante as he scored 150 with ease before sealing the issue
in the fifth with finesse.
Sitwala was gracious in defeat, saying
"Players like Roger Federer, Sachin Tendulkar and Pankaj Advani come once
in 100 years. Once Pankaj gets going like he did today, there’s nothing
that one can do but sit back and watch a maestro in action."
The 29-year-old Advani will now look to make a fourth double, and the
first since 2009, by winning his pet event snooker, where he will play his
first match on January 20.
"Let's see, I'm keeping my fingers crossed. I will relax for a couple of
days now,"
Advani signed off.
3RD & 4TH PLACING MATCH
For the match for the 3rd and 4th places, Railway's player Siddharth
Parikh defeated B. Bhaskar of Karnataka 3-2 to secure the 3rd place.
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Results and Other Details
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