Ace Indian cueist Pankaj Advani completed his fifth grand double with a dominating 5-0 win over compatriot Sourav Kothari in the final of the IBSF World Billiards Championship (point-format) in Doha on Friday. (Sports News)
💯The victory in IBSF World Billiards Championship 2023 extended ace Indian cueist Pankaj Advani’s world title tally to a staggering 27. In a repeat of the World Championship final, Advani beat compatriot Sourav Kothari and completed his fifth grand double
Ace Indian cueist Pankaj Advani completed his fifth grand double with a dominating 5-0 win over compatriot Sourav Kothari in the final of the IBSF World Billiards Championship (point-format) in Doha on Friday. (Sports News)
⛦The victory extended Advani's world title tally to a staggering 27. In a repeat of the world championship final, Advani stamped his authority over Kothari.
📖The 38-year-old, who had defeated Kothari recently in the longer format of 1000-point, won the earlier editions in 2005, 2008, 2014, and 2018. This is in addition to the snooker double he won in 2015.
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𝓰The short format was a best-of-9 contest of 150-point frames, while Sourav made a strong start in the first frame, Advani came from 6-91 with a classy 144 unfinished break to go 1-0 up.
🌠The following two frames saw Advani score heavily with another two century breaks to make it 3-0.
👍With two frames to go, Advani was clearly in the driver’s seat. While the last two frames were devoid of any century breaks, the Bangalore-based cueist crafted useful breaks of 81 and 77 to close out the match and the championship.
⛄Advani will now head back home for 10 days before travelling to Chennai for the National Billiards and Snooker Championship.