Bhopal: Ace Cueis Pankaj Advani defends its national billiard title – 11th in the tournament – after he defeated teammates PSPB Dhruv Sitwala 5-2 in the final nine matches here.
Advani responded with a break of 56 and 46 to restore parity at 1-1 after breaking Sitwala 64 and 42 late on Monday night.
Sitwala, featuring an extraordinary in-off, pot, and cannon, soaring ahead with pocketing the third game with a fairly large break he gave an opportunity for Advani.
Writing himself, in the extraordinary rally Maestro said the broken 127 was classy to win the game and draw it once again at 2-2.
Then Advani crashed into a purple patch, persuading and breastfeeding the ball on the table to make identical breaks unfinished at 150 in the fifth and sixth match to run the important 4-2 game lead.
Not giving up, Sitwala installed an extraordinary show about skills, patience, and temperament to reach a 134 break, but unfortunately, when in the initial position he could not hold the ball together to provide another opportunity to attend after a sequential exchange of safety.
Advani never looked back after that, compiling a 148 break that was not finished to take the game, suitable and title.
“Dhruv is a friend who is very close to me, we share all the peaks sneak our lives.
To be honest, it’s never easy to play against your best friend in a big event’s final like this.
But, after a snooker failure.
This victory gave me a sense of redemption,” Advani Quoted in media statements issued here on Tuesday.
“The national billiard championship is definitely a tournament that is difficult to die.