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Pankaj Advani continues winning run, enters Asian Billiards Championship finals

Press Trust of India, Yangon | ByPress Trust of India
Mar 23, 2018 10:20 PM IST

Pankaj Advani produced superlative performances in the quarterfinals and semifinal stages as he outclassed local favourite Aung Htay 5-1 and then defeated compatriot Dhvaj Haria 5-1 to reach the Asian Billiards Championship final.

Multiple-time World and Asian champion Pankaj Advani stayed on course to defend his title as he sailed into the finals of the 17th Asian Billiards Championship in Yangon on Friday.

Pankaj Advani has performed brilliantly in the ongoing Asian Billiards Championship in Yangon.(PTI)
Pankaj Advani has performed brilliantly in the ongoing Asian Billiards Championship in Yangon.(PTI)

Advani produced superlative performances in the quarterfinals and semifinal stages as he outclassed local favourite Aung Htay 5-1 and then defeated compatriot Dhvaj Haria 5-1 to reach the final.

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The last eight match consisted of the one-hundred breaks, a 91 and an 86 as Advani entered the semifinal to confirm India a medal. Htay scored a century in the solitary frame he won.

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In the evening session, it was a repeat of this year’s Indian National Billiards final with Advani taking on Gujarat’s Dhvaj, who overcame Singapore’s Peter Gilchrist with a 5-0 triumph.

The domestic final was a 5-0 win for Pankaj and the semifinal of this Asian event was almost the same barring the one frame that Dhvaj managed to gain.

In the one-sided tie, Dhvaj had breaks of 50 and 80, while Pankaj had runs of 59, 66, 99 and 100 to close out the match 5-1.

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In what is going to be an all-Indian final, Pankaj awaits the winner of B. Bhaskar and Rupesh Shah in the other semifinal.

In the ladies snooker event, Keerath Bhandaal ended her Asian campaign with a bronze after going down 0-3 to Siripaporn Nuanthakhamjan of Thailand.

In the other semifinal, India’s only hope Amee Kamani will battle it out with Ka Ka Wan of Hong Kong for a place in the final.

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