Mumbai, June 17 (Ians) India’s Dhruv Sialtwa’s hopes of victory were dashed by Singapore’s Peter Gilchrist, who with a last-ditch effort constructed an unfinished 201 points break to snatch a close 1500-1441 win in the 1500-up final of the 2023 Pacific International Billiards Championship in Melbourne.
Playing at the Yarraville Club on Friday night, India number 2 Sitwala was impressive and more consistent of the two finalists and had compiled notable breaks of 91, 89, 119, 188, 181, 107, 151, 193 and 219, but ran out of luck and had to settle for the silver medal.
In contrast, the former world champion Gilchrist played steadily but could manage just one century break (109) and a series of substantial runs, before making the big one (201 unf), which counted in the end.
The Mumbai-based Sitwala had his chances. He was leading 1346-1299 and was on a 95-point break and seemed to be heading towards the finish line. But, he surprisingly missed a long...
Playing at the Yarraville Club on Friday night, India number 2 Sitwala was impressive and more consistent of the two finalists and had compiled notable breaks of 91, 89, 119, 188, 181, 107, 151, 193 and 219, but ran out of luck and had to settle for the silver medal.
In contrast, the former world champion Gilchrist played steadily but could manage just one century break (109) and a series of substantial runs, before making the big one (201 unf), which counted in the end.
The Mumbai-based Sitwala had his chances. He was leading 1346-1299 and was on a 95-point break and seemed to be heading towards the finish line. But, he surprisingly missed a long...
- 6/17/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Mumbai, April 18 (Ians) Ibsf World Champion Pankaj Advani was in a class of his own as he recorded an authoritative 1201-807 win against Singapore’s former World Champion Peter Gilchrist in a quarterfinal match of the Cricket Club of India-organised Rs 10 lakh prize-money Cci Classic Invitation Billiards (time format) Championship 2023 on Tuesday.
Advani enjoyed a commanding 576-311 points lead at the end of the first one-and-half hour session in the event being organised at the Cci Sir Wilson Jones billiards hall on Tuesday evening.
Advani thus joined Gujarat challengers Rupesh Shah and Dhvaj Haria in the semifinals. Later, they were joined by Englishman Rob Hall, who overcame India’s Saurav Kothari in the last quarterfinal.
Advani, the proud winner of 25 world titles, played the ball with pinpoint accuracy and stitched together breaks of 83 and 96 before constructing a triple-century run of 376 to take a firm grip on the contest.
He later...
Advani enjoyed a commanding 576-311 points lead at the end of the first one-and-half hour session in the event being organised at the Cci Sir Wilson Jones billiards hall on Tuesday evening.
Advani thus joined Gujarat challengers Rupesh Shah and Dhvaj Haria in the semifinals. Later, they were joined by Englishman Rob Hall, who overcame India’s Saurav Kothari in the last quarterfinal.
Advani, the proud winner of 25 world titles, played the ball with pinpoint accuracy and stitched together breaks of 83 and 96 before constructing a triple-century run of 376 to take a firm grip on the contest.
He later...
- 4/18/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
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