Pankaj Advani
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Having roughed it out with the best in the professional snooker world for two years, Pankaj Advani's decision -soon after winning the IBSF World 6-red snooker championship in June -to give up his tour card last July seemed a right one. For, having missed playing billiards during the time he spent in England, the Bengaluru sensation appeared to make up for lost time with a clutch of World titles. In a brilliant three month period between August and October, the ace cueist won the World Team Billiards Championship in Glasgow and the World Professional Billiards Championship in both the time and points format in Leeds to end 2014 with an amazing four World titles in all. | Having roughed it out with the best in the professional snooker world for two years, Pankaj Advani's decision -soon after winning the IBSF World 6-red snooker championship in June -to give up his tour card last July seemed a right one. For, having missed playing billiards during the time he spent in England, the Bengaluru sensation appeared to make up for lost time with a clutch of World titles. In a brilliant three month period between August and October, the ace cueist won the World Team Billiards Championship in Glasgow and the World Professional Billiards Championship in both the time and points format in Leeds to end 2014 with an amazing four World titles in all. | ||
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| + | [http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31808&articlexml=Fab-14-for-baize-king-Advani-28092015019064 ''The Times of India''], Sep 28 2015 | ||
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| + | Pankaj Advani, the poster boy o Indian cue sports, seemed to reserve his bes for the last. The 30-year-old Indian, with a brilliant exhibition of top-table billiards, felled his challenger, Peter Gilchrist, for his 14th World title in the IBSF World Billiards Cham pionship in Adelaide. | ||
| + | The Bengaluru cueist, who suffered a re verse against the same opponent in the final of the points format (150-up) a few days ago, floored the tall Singporean with a barrage of breaks for a lopsided 2408-1240 victory in the five-hour final to make it a memorable treble for India. | ||
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2014
Dec 31 2014
The Bengaluru cueist's decision to give up his professional card at the start of the season to strike a balance between snooker and billiards saw him annex an unprecedented four World titles. Beginning with the World 6-red snooker title in Egypt in July, the 29-year-old Advani seemed to make up for lost time in billiards he played the pro snooker tour for two years by winning the inaugural World Team Billiards Championship in Glasgow. He signed off with a brilliant double at the World Championship at Leeds in October, the third time he had achieved the feat.
2015
The Times of India, May 9, 2015
Having roughed it out with the best in the professional snooker world for two years, Pankaj Advani's decision -soon after winning the IBSF World 6-red snooker championship in June -to give up his tour card last July seemed a right one. For, having missed playing billiards during the time he spent in England, the Bengaluru sensation appeared to make up for lost time with a clutch of World titles. In a brilliant three month period between August and October, the ace cueist won the World Team Billiards Championship in Glasgow and the World Professional Billiards Championship in both the time and points format in Leeds to end 2014 with an amazing four World titles in all.
2015: Adelaide, 14th World title
The Times of India, Sep 28 2015
Fab 14 for `baize king' Advani
Pankaj Advani, the poster boy o Indian cue sports, seemed to reserve his bes for the last. The 30-year-old Indian, with a brilliant exhibition of top-table billiards, felled his challenger, Peter Gilchrist, for his 14th World title in the IBSF World Billiards Cham pionship in Adelaide. The Bengaluru cueist, who suffered a re verse against the same opponent in the final of the points format (150-up) a few days ago, floored the tall Singporean with a barrage of breaks for a lopsided 2408-1240 victory in the five-hour final to make it a memorable treble for India.
