Leeds: Ace Indian cueist Pankaj Advani pipped England’s Robert Hall 1928-893 in the final of the World Billiards Championship in Leeds on Wednesday night. With the victory, Advani completed a clean sweep of the 150-up and Timed formats titles.
Advani was in command right from the start as he registered breaks of 63, 185, 85, 92, 123, 94, 182, 289, 145, 94, 93, 59, 58, 62, 90 on his visits to the table in the timed format final. On the other hand, Hall could only manage breaks of 89, 64, 64, 86, 92, 64.
Pankaj has already claimed two ‘grand doubles’ in 2005 and 2008 respectively. Earlier, Advani had squeezed out a thrilling five-point win over David Causier of England in the semi-finals.
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