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Revealed By: Ritayan Basu
Final Up to date: March 19, 2023, 21:09 IST
Indian cueist Pankaj Advani (Twitter)
Pankaj Advani defeated Brijesh Damani with a scoreline of 100(51)-18, 100(88)-9, 86(54)-101(75), 100-26, 100(66)-2, 101(64)-59 within the closing
India’s Pankaj Advani retained his Asian Billiards title within the 100-up format, defeating fellow countryman Brijesh Damani 5-1 within the closing performed at Qatar Billiards and Snooker Federation (QBSF) Academy on Sunday.
Advani, who’s a 25-time Worldwide Billiards and Snooker Federation (IBSF) world champion, defeated Damani with a scoreline of 100(51)-18, 100(88)-9, 86(54)-101(75), 100-26, 100(66)-2, 101(64)-59 within the closing.
Within the ladies’s part, China’s Bai Yulu gained the title beating Panchaya Channoi of Thailand 3-Zero within the closing.
That is the eighth Asian Billiards title in all for Advani, the Indian cue sports activities ace who has been bestowed the Arjuna Award in 2004, Main Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna in 2006, Padma Shri in 2009 and Padma Bhushan in 2018. Advani had gained the identical title final 12 months at Doha.
Advani, who had misplaced to Damani within the group stage earlier within the championship, was in nice type on Sunday and gained the primary two video games with ease.
Advani, who reached the ultimate by beating Pauk Sa of Myanmar 5-1 within the semifinals, scored half-century breaks in every of the six frames together with a century break within the fourth.
Nevertheless, Damani, who obtained the higher of compatriot Shrikrishna Suryanarayanan 5-Four within the last-four stage, additionally scored a break of 75 within the third body however ultimately needed to accept silver dropping 1-5.
The 37-year-old Advani from Bengaluru has gained the billiards world titles 17 occasions, the IBSF World Billiards Championship on 16 events and the World Crew Billiards Championship as soon as.
Advani has gained gold medals in English Billiards singles within the 2006 and 2010 Asian Video games.
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