Press Trust of India
Kolkata, Jan 24: Pankaj Advani added one more title to his glittering career when he eased past an inexperienced Varun Madan 6-3 to win the Senior National Snooker Championship at the Bengal Rowing Club here Saturday.
The 24-year-old Delhi lad Madan, who made his maiden senior national final from the qualifiers, won the third, fifth and seventh frames to make it 3-4.
However, the 12-time World Champion was unstoppable from there on as he did not give Madan any chance, winning the eighth frame by posting a break of 74 before clinching the issue in the next with another break of 81. The final scoreline in Advani’s favour was 83(45)-15, 73(54)-35, 27-86(57), 79(47)-00, 13-87(62), 76(70)-35, 48-72, 74(74)-00, 96(81)-09.
Terming the seventh frame loss a ‘wake-up call’, Advani said: “I just smiled and told myself ‘it’s part of the game. Just pick up the next frame and once it becomes 5-3 he will be under more pressure as I will need just one more frame’.”
The 29-year-old Bangalore ace cueist, who had won the Senior National Billiards title last week, thus capped a memorable two-week stint in Kolkata winning his fourth double and his first since 2009.
