Advani begins on a winning note
PTI | 08:01 PM,Jan 22,2012Pune, Jan 22 (PTI) Former World Champion Pankaj Advani started his campaign with a century break at the Manisha National Billiards and Snooker Championship at the PYC Hindu Gymkhana here today. In the round robin league for the national billiards championship, Bengaluru-lad Advani, representing PSPB, scored a (3-1) {32-100, 103-22, 100(100)-0, 101-35} win over Tamil Nadu's D Bhuvaneshwaran in a Group A league match. Another former world champion in fray Geet Sethi scored two back to back wins in Group C encounters. Sethi, representing Gujarat, thumped Anmoldeep Singh of Punjab (3-0) {101(47)-20, 100(98)-2, 101(59)-24 } and then Shekar Surve of Railway Sports Board (3-0) {101-31, 101 (78)-24, 102-82(52)} Former world professional billiards silver medalist Devendra Joshi thrashed Assam's Mridul Das (3-0) {100(95)-0, 102(86)-0, 101(63)-12} in another Group C tie. In a Group D encounter another former, IBSF world professional billiards silver medalist, Dhruv Sitwala scored a (3-0) {102(52,50)-30, 100-57, 100-63} win over MS Reddy of RSPB. Asian gold Medalist Rafath Habib of RSPB ousted junior player Himanshu Jain of AP (3-1) {100-63, 64-101(53), 100-28, 101-37} in a group H match. (MORE)
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