Top Indian cueist Pankaj Advani was yesterday assured of a medal after he reached the semifinals of the Asian Snooker Championship here
Pankaj Adavni
Pankaj Adavni
Doha: Top Indian cueist Pankaj Advani was yesterday assured of a medal after he reached the semifinals of the Asian Snooker Championship here.
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Advani, who gained top seeding after his near flawless group stage matches, scoring wins of 4-1, 4-1 and 4-0, breezed through the last-32 and last-16 stages to be the only Indian left in the top 8 of the championship.
Yesterday, the 16-time world champion was in full flow as he beat UAE’s leading snooker player Mohammed Al-Joaker 5-1 in the quarterfinals to assure India’s only medal in the event.