thunderstorm369 Posted September 7, 2009 Report Posted September 7, 2009 NEW DELHI: Indian ace Pankaj Advani beat defending champion Mark Russel to win the World Professional Billiards Championship-2009. Advani beat the defending champion 2030-1253. Advani became the second Indian to win the title in its 139 years of history; Geet Sethi was the first Indian to win the title in 1992.Earlier, Advani notched up a thrilling win over compatriot Dhruv Sitwala in the semi-final to set up the title clash. In the other semifinal, compatriot Rupesh Shah squandered a first session lead and succumbed to his elementary mistakes to go down 880-1366 against nine time-winner Russel. Geet Sethi crashed out of the World professional billiards championship in a league match. In a must-win last league match for both players, the Indian lost to compatriot and IBSF World billiards champion Pankaj Advani 482-818. Quote
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