Pankaj Advani beats Brijesh Damani to retain Asian Billiards title

Pankaj Advani beats Brijesh Damani to retain Asian Billiards title

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Category : Sports Published on: March 22 2023

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India’s Pankaj Advani retained his Asian Billiards title in the 100-up format, defeating fellow countryman Brijesh Damani 5-1 in the final played at Qatar Billiards and Snooker Federation (QBSF) Academy.
In the women’s section, China’s Bai Yulu won the title beating Panchaya Channoi of Thailand 3-0 in the final.
Advani had won the same title last year at Doha.
This is the eighth Asian Billiards title in all for Advani, the Indian cue sports ace who has been bestowed the Arjuna Award in 2004, Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna in 2006, Padma Shri in 2009 and Padma Bhushan in 2018.
The 37-year-old Advani from Bengaluru has won the billiards world titles 17 times, the IBSF World Billiards Championship on 16 occasions and the World Team Billiards Championship once.
Advani has won gold medals in English Billiards singles in the 2006 and 2010 Asian Games.

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