Hyderabad: World champion Pankaj Advani held his nerve throughout the tournament, thrashing everyone on his way to top the ‘Y’ Camp in billiards at the Billiards and Snooker Federation of India selection camp tournaments being held in association with the Telangana Cue Sports Association at the Baulkline Cuesports Academy in the city.
Hyderabad’s Lucky Vatnani, having lost only one match, emerged champion in the snooker ‘Y’ camp while Ishpreet showed his class with three outstanding century breaks.
The Results
Billiards ‘Y’ camp: Pankaj Advani bt Sankar Rao 3-0 (152-51, 150-0, 152-6); Dhwaj Haria bt Siddarth Parekh 3-1 (114-151, 150-56, 115-20, 151-147; Devendra Joshi bt Sankar Rao 3-0 (151-83, 151-85, 150-93); Siddarth Parekh bt Sourav Kotari 3-0 (151-12, 150-113, 151-12); Pankaj Advani bt Devendra Joshi 3-1 (151-108, 152-136, 71-150, 150-0).
Billiards ‘Z’ camp (time format): Sourav Kotari bt Sankar Rao 940 (170, 160, 109)-336; Pankaj Advani bt Dhwaj Haria 1084 (226, 462)-228; Siddarth Parekh bt Devendra Joshi 692-467; Pankaj Advani bt Siddarth Parekh 1035 (255, 438, 337)-447 (65, 117, 217); Sourav Kotari bt Devendra Joshi 780-314; Dhwaj Haria bt Sankara Rao 889 (102)-256; Pankaj Advani bt Sourav Kotari 990 (264, 328)-556 (125, 327).
Snooker ‘Y’ camp: Ishpreet Singh bt Manan Chandra 4-2 (70-27, 72-36, 78-48, 48-81, 24-63, 70-63); Anuj Uppal bt Bharat Sisodiya 4-3 (70-30, 55-56, 01-77, 14-65, 69-13, 69-10, 54-42); Lucky Vatnani bt Dilip Kumar 4-1 (56-74, 90-06, 57-44, 80-00, 67-24); Mannan Chandra bt Sandeep Gulati 4-0 (50-48, 74-32, 78-02, 95-39); Bharat Sisodiya bt Ishpreet Singh 4-3 (57-65, 08-132, 89-10, 69-56, 62-43, 1-65, 67-7); Dilip Kumar bt Anuj Uppal 4-2 (31-87, 92-21, 90-20, 78-2, 48-60, 98-12).
Snooker ‘Z’ camp: Ishpreet Singh bt Lucky Vatnani 4-0 (72-47, 60-25, 59-20, 59-45); Manan Chandra bt Bharat Sisodiya 4-2 (56-63, 61-80, 88-3, 97-25, 85-6, 63-23); Dilip Kumar bt Sandeep Gulati 4-3 (78-0, 0-99, 88-23, 43-71, 15-58, 74-19, 74-1); Sandeep Gulati bt Lucky Vatnani 4-3 (0-75, 72-21, 16-85, 77-38, 26-86, 83-36, 86-5); Ishpreet Singh bt Anuj Uppal 4-0 (73-23, 112-7, 67-35, 64-15).
