Advani wins gold in Asian Games Billiards singles

Guangzhou, Nov 14 (PTI) Defending champion Pankaj Advani
notched up India's first gold medal in this edition of the
Asian Games in men's Billiards singles event after defeating
Oo Nay Thway Oo of Myanmar 3-2 here Sunday.
The former world professional champion Advani beat Nay
Thway with frames of 33-100, 100-61, 12-101, 101-4, 100-45 in
the summit clash here.
Earlier in the day, Advani beat another Myanmar cueist Oo
Kyaw Oo 3-2 in the semifinals. The 25-year-old Bangalorean
beat Kyaw with frames of 100-28, 0-100, 100-77, 11-100, 101-0.
Advani won his first world championship title in 2003
IBSF World Snooker Championship in China.
Advani, who is the only player to have achieved a grand
double of winning both the points and timed formats at the
IBSF World Billiards Championships 2005, repeated the same
feat at the 2008 Championships held in Bangalore.
The Ace cueist, however, failed to defend his title in
the Point format, losing to nine-time world champion England's
Mike Russell in a one-sided final in August this year.
Among others Indians in fray at the Games here, Alok
Kumar fought his way to a 7-4 win over Ricky Yang of Indonesia
to advance to the semifinals of the men's 8-ball pool.
However, compatriot Sumit Talwar squandered a 2-frame
lead to lose 4-7 to Afrinneza Irsal Nasution in another
quarterfinals tie.
The 42-year-old Alok will now face Kuo Po-Cheng of
Chinese Taipei in the semifinal.
Alok was lagging 0-2 at one point but the Indian clawed
his way back to lead 6-2, winning the next six frames on the
trot to stun his rival. PTI ATK
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