Panaji: Six-time world champion Pankaj Advani clinched the 11th Asian Billiards Championship title after defeating Thawat Sujaritthurakarn of Thailand in the final on Sunday. Although Advani was the one who started the proceedings on a positive note by winning the opening game, it was Thawat who actually impressed in the initial stages of the match, played at the Clube Tennis De Gaspar Dias Miramar, by taking the second and third...
10:00 PM, Apr 08, 2012
Seasoned campaigner Alok Kumar was the cynosure of all eyes with his Asian Billiards title, but overall it was an average year for Indian cue sports as success eluded the country at the major international events. Alok blanked Praput Chaithanasukan of Thailand 6-0 to win the coveted Asian Billiards title in April at the Olympic Stadium of Kish Island in Iran. He thus became the first player to achieve the...
08:39 PM, Dec 30, 2011
Bangalore: Pankaj Advani and Kamal Chawla chalked up contrasting victories to enter the semi-finals of the IBSF World Snooker Championship here on Friday. Advani, though nowhere near his best, carried enough ammunition to bring down Belgium's Peter Bullen 6-2 (71-07, 00-123, 34-75, 92-21, 67-60, 70-09, 69-16, 80-45) while Chawla, the 32-year-old from Bhopal, overcame another Belgian, Kevin van Hove, 6-5, in a tight match. In the semi-finals to be played...
03:53 PM, Dec 02, 2011
Bangalore: Seven-time world champion Pankaj Advani stormed into the quarter-finals of the IBSF World Snooker Championship, overwhelming an error-prone Craig Macgillivray of Scotland 5-3 in a hard-fought battle at KSBA on Thursday. The ace Indian cueist trumped the field to win the match by beating his opponent 86-1, 8-86, 104-0, 5-82, 54-18, 93-4, 10-66 and 69-15. "I am exhausted after playing for the fourth day in a row and I...
12:00 PM, Dec 02, 2011
Leeds: Ace Indian cueist Pankaj Advani's hopes of winning the eighth world title went up in smoke after he failed to overcome a spirited challenge from defending champion Mike Russell of England in the World Professional Billiards Championship in England on Sunday. Advani, the 26-year-old winner of seven world titles, lost 1012-1250 to Russell at the Northern Snooker Centre. Russell once again proved to be Advani's nemesis as the veteran...
07:18 PM, Oct 30, 2011
Leeds: Ace Indian cueist Pankaj Advani advanced to the semifinals of the World Billiards Championship after defeating compatriot Devendra Joshi by 279 points here. Advani had an average of 31.25 in 32 visits while Joshi managed to score 721 points with an average of 22.53 in 1000 Up match in the quarterfinal tie. During the match, Advani smashed four century breaks of 147, 135, 133 and 120 whereas Joshi managed...
01:05 PM, Oct 29, 2011
New Delhi: Indian cueist Pankaj Advani faltered in the finals once again as England's Mike Russell successfully defended his Point format title in the IBSF World Billiards Championship being played in Carlow, Ireland. In a repeat of last year's final in the Point format, former champion Advani went down 3-6 to ten-time World champion Russell in the summit clash on Saturday night at The Ivy Rooms. In the last edition...
03:42 PM, Aug 28, 2011
New Delhi: Former champion Pankaj Advani and young cuiest Sourav Kothari registered hard fought victories to enter the semifinals in the Point Format of IBSF World Billiards Championship being played in Carlow, Ireland. While Advani had to bring in all his experience to the table to overcome Peter Gilchrist of Singapore 4-3, Kothari prevailed over teammate Dhruv Sitwla 4-2 in the quarterfinals played last night at The Ivory Rooms. However,...
01:41 PM, Aug 27, 2011
New Delhi: Former champion Pankaj Advani and veteran Alok Kumar led the charge as nine Indian cueists reached the pre-quarterfinals of the Point-format in the IBSF World Billiards Championship being held at Carlow, Ireland on Friday. Indian cueists reigned supreme at the green baize as Advani, Alok and Rupesh Shah streamrolled the opponents to top their respective groups in the tournament, which started on August 24 and will continue till...
07:39 PM, Aug 26, 2011
Chennai: Pankaj Advani (PSPB) raced to his fifth title in the senior National billiards championship with a 5-1 drubbing of Balachandra Bhaskar of Karnataka who was playing in his maiden final, here Saturday. After a sluggish start when he conceded the first frame, the 26-year-old Advani took a firm grip on the match with some high quality billiards that left his fellow-Bangalorean Bhaskar rooted to his chair for much of...
08:07 PM, Jul 30, 2011
Guangzhou: India's Aditya Mehta secured bronze after losing to Chun Marco Fu Ka of Hong Kong 1-4 in the semifinals of the men's snooker singles event, here on Saturday, as the Indian cuesports contingent finished their Asian Games campaign with four medals, including one gold won by Pankaj Advani in the billiards event. Aditya, who surprised Singapore's Boon Chin Ang to win the best of seven frames in the quarterfinal...
02:56 PM, Nov 20, 2010
Guangzhou: Defending champion Pankaj Advani scored a thumping 3-1 win over Indonesian Ricky Yang to march into the quarter-finals of the English billiards singles at the Asian Games here on Saturday. Indian women also made it to the quarter-final of the 6-red snooker team event, beating Singapore 3-0. Veteran Geet Sethi, however, missed out and suffered a shocking loss in his round of 16 match. Advani beat Yang 101-27, 102-35,...
01:58 PM, Nov 13, 2010
New Delhi: Former World Professional champion Pankaj Advani and legendary Geet Sethi are confident of a good show by the Indian cueists in this month's Asian Games in China and said the contingent will look to double its medal count this year. In the Doha Asian Games, apart from Advani's gold medal in Billiards singles category, Ashok Shandilya had won a silver in Billiards singles while in the Snooker team...
04:31 PM, Nov 04, 2010
Pune: Pankaj Advani fired an unfinished break of 709 while Geet Sethi produced six century breaks to enter the semifinals of the World Billiards Championship (time format) here on Thursday. Defending champion Advani defeated Rupesh Shah 1279-684 in the quarterfinal to set up a clash with modern legend Mike Russell of England. "The break has come at the right time and I hope it will help me in the next...
10:24 AM, Aug 27, 2010
Pune: Defending champion Pankaj Advani of India survived a scare against Myanmar's Kyaw Oo before winning in six frames to make it to the semifinals of the Time Format event of the IBSF World Billiards Championship at the PYC Hindu Gymkhana here on Sunday. Also reaching the semifinals was Geet Sethi who scored an emphatic 4-2 win over compatriot Dhruv Sitwala. Advani began well against Kyaw by making two century...
10:09 PM, Aug 22, 2010
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