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Advani becomes second Indian to win World Billiards title | |
Pankaj Advani has become the second Indian after
Geet Sethi to win the World Billiards Championship. Advani beat defending champion
Mark Russel 2030-1253 to win the World Professional Billiards Championship-2009.
Geet Sethi won the title in 1992. Earlier, Advani notched up a thrilling win over
compatriot Dhruv Sitwala in the semi-final to set up the title clash. In the other
semi-final, compatriot Rupesh Shah squandered a first session lead and succumbed
to his elementary mistakes to go down 880-1366 against nine time-winner Russel.
Geet Sethi crashed out of the World professional billiards championship in a league
match. President Pratibha Patil has congratulated Pankaj Advani for
becoming the World Billiards Champion. The President who is currently in the capital
of Tajikistan, Dushanbe on a State visit, was delighted to hear the news. She
said that the achievement is an occasion for great happiness not only because
Pankaj Advani has become the World Champion, but also because he is only the second
Indian to win this title.
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