BENGALURU: India's ace cueist Pankaj Advani on Friday finished a occupation Grand Slam in snooker, through profitable the Asian Snooker Championship name.
In the overall, the 34-year-old, who has already completed the feat in billiards, registered a 6-Three win over Thailand challenger Thanawat Tirapongpaiboon. As a teen, Advani had won the IBSF World snooker championship in 2003 earlier than adding the 6-Red snooker crown to his collection.
With this name, Advani scripted history in cue sports activities, turning into the one cueist to win the Asian and World Championships in all codecs. He could also be the one to do so in each billiards and snooker.
"With this title, I've done everything I could when representing my country in both the sports. This win completes my trophy cabinet so I now know I will be sleeping well for a very long time," said the Khel Ratna awardee.
It used to be a event marked through steerage comebacks through Advani. In the semifinals against Pakistan's Asjad Iqbal, Advani used to be down Zero-Four earlier than he stormed back to take the next 5 frames to win Five-Four.
In the overall too Advani discovered himself with but deficit. Against Thanawat, Advani, who used to be two frames behind, won 5 frames on the trot to seize the name.
Results:
Final: Pankaj Advani (India) beat Thanawat Tirapongpaiboon 6-Three 10-52, 1-97(97), 95(54)-1, 110(75)-1, 69-43, 71(60)-44, 80-49, 72-42, 67(50)-1
Semifinal: Pankaj Advani (India) defeated Asjad Iqbal (Pakistan) Five-Four 31-68, 1-54, 40-76, 1-96(81), 78-8, 89-33, 55-14, 89-24, 52-26.
In the overall, the 34-year-old, who has already completed the feat in billiards, registered a 6-Three win over Thailand challenger Thanawat Tirapongpaiboon. As a teen, Advani had won the IBSF World snooker championship in 2003 earlier than adding the 6-Red snooker crown to his collection.
With this name, Advani scripted history in cue sports activities, turning into the one cueist to win the Asian and World Championships in all codecs. He could also be the one to do so in each billiards and snooker.
"With this title, I've done everything I could when representing my country in both the sports. This win completes my trophy cabinet so I now know I will be sleeping well for a very long time," said the Khel Ratna awardee.
It used to be a event marked through steerage comebacks through Advani. In the semifinals against Pakistan's Asjad Iqbal, Advani used to be down Zero-Four earlier than he stormed back to take the next 5 frames to win Five-Four.
In the overall too Advani discovered himself with but deficit. Against Thanawat, Advani, who used to be two frames behind, won 5 frames on the trot to seize the name.
Results:
Final: Pankaj Advani (India) beat Thanawat Tirapongpaiboon 6-Three 10-52, 1-97(97), 95(54)-1, 110(75)-1, 69-43, 71(60)-44, 80-49, 72-42, 67(50)-1
Semifinal: Pankaj Advani (India) defeated Asjad Iqbal (Pakistan) Five-Four 31-68, 1-54, 40-76, 1-96(81), 78-8, 89-33, 55-14, 89-24, 52-26.
Advani wins Asian snooker title to complete career grand slam
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June 22, 2019
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