Dhruv Sitwala

"It was a thrilling match against a good friend of mine," said Advani after the game.

Ace cueist Pankaj Advani defended his national billiards title -- his 11th in the tournament -- after he defeated his PSPB teammate Dhruv Sitwala 5-2 in a best of nine games final.

Ten-time world champion Pankaj Advani beat compatriot Dhruv Sitwala 5-2 [150 (150)-00, 152 (152)-00, 151-05, 89-150, 107-151 (151), 151 (123)-69, 150 (96)-128] in the IBSF World Billiards Championship (150-Up format) quarterfinals

Rising Mumbai cueist Dhruv Sitwala stunned multiple world champion Pankaj Advani 6-3 to win his first international title.

Whiile Pankaj Advani recovered to win his second match against Jaiveer Dhingra 3-1, Brijesh Damani was outplayed by Mumbai cueist Dhruv Sitwala in his second fixture 1-3.

Pankaj Advani faced some resistance from Dhruv Sitwala but managed to emerge triumphant.

Holder of 12 world titles, Pankaj Advani had a minor blip as he lost two frames but he held his composure en-route to a 4-2 win over Siddharth Parikh of Railways.

Joining Bhaskar in the penultimate round was fellow-Bangalorean, 29-year old Pankaj Advani who held off Rupesh Shah 916-665 while England's David Causier overcame Dhruv Sitwala 1146-616 and another home player Robert Hall wore down Devendra Joshi 862-611 to complete the line-up.

Pankaj Advani posted a best break of 128 while getting past fellow Indian Arun Agarwal at the World Billiards Championship while elsewhere Dhvaj Haria, Alok Kumar, Dhruv Sitwala, Rupesh Shah, Devendra Joshi and Ashok Shandilya also came through their respective opening league matches.

It was his maiden appearance in World Professional Championship finals but Indian billiards player Dhruv Sitwala reckons defeating legendary cueist and compatriot Geet Sethi in the semifinals as more satisfying than reaching the summit clash.

Indian billiards player Dhruv Sitwala's hopes of winning his maiden World Professional title came crashing down on Monday after he lost his summit clash to nine-time champion Mike Russell of Qatar at the Northern Snooker Centre.

India's Dhruv Sitwala pipped five-time winner Geet Sethi by a point to sail into the finals of the World Professional Billiards Championship for the first time in his career, where he will meet veteran and title favourite Qatar's Mike Russell.

Pankaj Advani's hopes of winning the World Professional Billiards title for the second consecutive time went up in smoke after compatriot Dhruv Sitwala registered a hard fought 723-608 victory over the reigning champion in the quarterfinals of the event here.

Pankaj Advani's hopes of winning the World Professional Billiards title for the second consecutive time went up in smoke after compatriot Dhruv Sitwala registered a hard fought 723-608 victory over the reigning champion in the quarterfinals of the event here.

"It was a thrilling match against a good friend of mine," said Advani after the game.

Ace cueist Pankaj Advani defended his national billiards title -- his 11th in the tournament -- after he defeated his PSPB teammate Dhruv Sitwala 5-2 in a best of nine games final.

Ten-time world champion Pankaj Advani beat compatriot Dhruv Sitwala 5-2 [150 (150)-00, 152 (152)-00, 151-05, 89-150, 107-151 (151), 151 (123)-69, 150 (96)-128] in the IBSF World Billiards Championship (150-Up format) quarterfinals

Rising Mumbai cueist Dhruv Sitwala stunned multiple world champion Pankaj Advani 6-3 to win his first international title.

Whiile Pankaj Advani recovered to win his second match against Jaiveer Dhingra 3-1, Brijesh Damani was outplayed by Mumbai cueist Dhruv Sitwala in his second fixture 1-3.

Pankaj Advani faced some resistance from Dhruv Sitwala but managed to emerge triumphant.

Holder of 12 world titles, Pankaj Advani had a minor blip as he lost two frames but he held his composure en-route to a 4-2 win over Siddharth Parikh of Railways.

Joining Bhaskar in the penultimate round was fellow-Bangalorean, 29-year old Pankaj Advani who held off Rupesh Shah 916-665 while England's David Causier overcame Dhruv Sitwala 1146-616 and another home player Robert Hall wore down Devendra Joshi 862-611 to complete the line-up.

Pankaj Advani posted a best break of 128 while getting past fellow Indian Arun Agarwal at the World Billiards Championship while elsewhere Dhvaj Haria, Alok Kumar, Dhruv Sitwala, Rupesh Shah, Devendra Joshi and Ashok Shandilya also came through their respective opening league matches.

It was his maiden appearance in World Professional Championship finals but Indian billiards player Dhruv Sitwala reckons defeating legendary cueist and compatriot Geet Sethi in the semifinals as more satisfying than reaching the summit clash.

Indian billiards player Dhruv Sitwala's hopes of winning his maiden World Professional title came crashing down on Monday after he lost his summit clash to nine-time champion Mike Russell of Qatar at the Northern Snooker Centre.

India's Dhruv Sitwala pipped five-time winner Geet Sethi by a point to sail into the finals of the World Professional Billiards Championship for the first time in his career, where he will meet veteran and title favourite Qatar's Mike Russell.

Pankaj Advani's hopes of winning the World Professional Billiards title for the second consecutive time went up in smoke after compatriot Dhruv Sitwala registered a hard fought 723-608 victory over the reigning champion in the quarterfinals of the event here.

Pankaj Advani's hopes of winning the World Professional Billiards title for the second consecutive time went up in smoke after compatriot Dhruv Sitwala registered a hard fought 723-608 victory over the reigning champion in the quarterfinals of the event here.