Billiards champ Advani returns home after winning title
Bangalore: World Billiards champion Pankaj Advani arrived here on Tuesday morning after pulling off a surprise win
over nine-time winner Mike Russell in the final of the world championships in
Leeds, UK. On Sunday night, the 24-year-old Advani scripted a brilliant 2030-1253
win over Russell to win his maiden World Professional Billiards title at the Northern
Snooker Centre in Leeds. Former champions hailed Pankaj's feat of becoming the
second Indian cueist to clinch the world professional billiards crown in its 139-year
history. Advani has become the second Indian after Geet Sethi, to win the coveted
title After the win Pankaj said that the win is yet to sink in. With this triumph,
Advani has ensured that he has won all major billiards world titles.
