Advani to face fellow Indian Balachandra in Quarterfinals

Colombo, Mar 5:
Fifteen-time world champion, Pankaj Advani continued his rampaging run, defeating Indonesia’s Jaka Kurniawan 4-0 to sail into the knockout of the 15th Asian Billiards Championship here today.
Advani saw off Kurniawan 102-53, 100-6, 101-33, 102-14 with scoring breaks of 65, 89, 75, 53 in his four winning frames in the last match of the group stage. With this win, he ended at the top of Group “B”.
With a bye in the round of the last 16, Pankaj will face Indian compatriot and sparring partner, Bhaskar Balachandra in the quarterfinal.
Having won all his matches in the group stage with perfect scores Pankaj hopes to carry on that winning momentum through to the final stages. (PTI)

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