Pankaj Advani wins World Billiards

Pankaj AdvaniAce Indian cueist Pankaj Advani has won the World Billiards Point Format Championship. In the final at Leeds, United Kingdom on Friday. Advani outplayed Singapore’s Peter Gilchrist, 6-2 to bag his 11th individual World title and third of the year in different formats of the game.

Advani, who trailed 1-2, won five frames on the trot to regain the title he had last won in 2012.
In the semi-finals, Advani had defeated compatriot Sourav Kothari.

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29 year old, Advani is now the holder of three different world titles in 2014 – the IBSF World 6-Red Snooker title, the World Team Billiards title and now the World Billiards Championship (point format), an unprecedented record in itself.

The time format, the longer format of the Championships, will begin from today.

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