Pankaj Advani pockets 15th world title
HURGHADA:
India's most successful cueist Pankaj Advani on Saturday, 21st
November 2015, added another feather in
his cap by winning the IBSF World Snooker Championship after battling past his
Chinese opponent Zhua Xintong in the final to take his world title count to 15.
HURGHADA:
India's most successful cueist Pankaj Advani on Saturday, 21st
November 2015, added another feather in
his cap by winning the IBSF World Snooker Championship after battling past his
Chinese opponent Zhua Xintong in the final to take his world title count to 15.Advani, 30, once again mesmerised the green baize to prevail over the teenage sensation 8-6 in the best-of-15 final at Sunrise Crystal Bay resort here.
The victory for Bengaluru's 'Golden Boy' comes just after he clinched the IBSF Billiards crown in September. He is also the first person in history to take the short (6-Red) and the long snooker format in the same calender year.
India's
poster of cuesport, who led 5-2 in the first session, looked unstoppable
against his talented opponent even after the break, but was tested by the
18-year-old cueist in a match which saw top snooker at display.
Leading 6-2 after the break, Advani's march was halted by Xintong when he pulled back two frames to give the champion cueist a taste of his own medicine.
Advani held his nerve to make it 7-4, but the youngster wasn't done yet. Xintong went ballistic in the next two frames to make the multiple world champion eat humble pie and a match was on at 7-6.
Xintong drew first blood in the 14th frame, but Advani dug deep into his reservoir of experience to finish the tournament in style with a century break of 109.
Leading 6-2 after the break, Advani's march was halted by Xintong when he pulled back two frames to give the champion cueist a taste of his own medicine.
Advani held his nerve to make it 7-4, but the youngster wasn't done yet. Xintong went ballistic in the next two frames to make the multiple world champion eat humble pie and a match was on at 7-6.
Xintong drew first blood in the 14th frame, but Advani dug deep into his reservoir of experience to finish the tournament in style with a century break of 109.
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