Asian Billiards Championship: Pankaj Advani Goes Down Against Dhruv Sitwala In Final

Riyadh [Saudi Arabia]: Ace Indian cueist Pankaj Advani fell speedy in his quest to nontoxic a hat-trick of titles on the 2024 Asian Billiards Championship after taking place in opposition t his fellow opponent from India, Dhruv Sitwala, 2-5 in the optimal round.

Dhruv set the tone for the healthy with an prominent , scoring 103 explanations when Pankaj struggled to get on the board, completing with Zero explanations. Pankaj managed to enrich his on line activity, scoring 36 explanations, but Dhruv maintained his dominance with any various 100. In a massive turn, Pankaj decided his rhythm and outplayed Dhruv, reaching an a little good 101. Dhruv, without reference to, had an off-frame, scoring merely 2.

Pankaj continued his momentum and scored 100, when Dhruv managed merely eleven. Dhruv’s consistency shone thru as he scored 100 as soon as further. Pankaj, unable to shop up, ended the frame with sixty four. Interior the optimal two frames, Dhruv continued his streak with 101 and 100, when Pankaj managed to ranking 23 and Zero. The healthy ended with Dhruv Sitwala lifting the trophy.

Speaking after the healthy, Pankaj talked about, “It was once a relaxing healthy in opposition t friend of mine. Dhruv played the activity correctly and didn’t supply any gap to get more desirable. Then as soon as more, it was once good to be great the following in Saudi for the first time and I hope to come again again as soon as further soon and hopefully bring up the title.”

“I very incessantly have always talked about that I grew to change into aware of the unpredictable nature of the activity and the opposition was once packed with some very ambitious opponents. It was once a fiercely contested championship and I am happy that I was in the optimal with a a bit-aggressive opponent, the place I fell speedy. But, I am taking every and every of the learnings as a lesson for my future tournaments,” he signed off.