Billiards/Snooker

Pankaj Advani wins World Billiard Championship

Pankaj Advani won the ONGC IBSF World Billiards Championship (points format) with a comprehensive six games to one victory over Geet Sethi.

The 23-year-old Bangalorean delighted the home crowd at Karnataka State Billiards Association Hall with a superlative display, winning 150-90, 151-0, 150-24, 150-0, 86-150, 150-72, 150-12.

After a below-par semifinal outing on Thursday, Advani played with far more focus and swept the first four games in the morning session to gain a position of strength. Though the veteran Sethi, with eight world billiards titles under his belt, won the first game in the next session, he could not get the momentum going, with his younger opponent dominating proceedings.

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